COMM 120 Grossmont College Global Village This I Believe Essay

Before you post your assignment, you will need to do the following:

• Visit https://thisibelieve.org/ (Links to an external site.)
• Search for a podcast of stories on a theme of interest to you. That is, pick a podcast that speaks to you. Sotires should revolve around or be about relationships in some manner. Link to stories/themes: https://thisibelieve.org/themes/ (Links to an external site.)
• Choose at least 3/three stories to analyze.
• Listen to each story and take notes.
• Once you have taken notes about the stories, you will write an essay response. Upon completion, your essay should
• have a clear (and brief) introduction, a body and a clear (and brief) conclusion format.

Body of Essay Instructions

In the body of your post, you must include:

Paragraph 1: Start with information/history about the website and its purpose (be brief). Link to information: https://thisibelieve.org/about/ (Links to an external site.)

Paragraph 2, 3, & 4: Analysis of each story:

• Start with a brief overview of the story for the reader.
• Summarize of the author’s core belief and the way this belief has shaped life in the past or present.
• Answer each of the following questions in your 1-2 paragraph summary of each story:
  • How do they establish their own unique voice through each essay? Explain what you got out of the essay/story.
  • What did you have in common with the essay/story? What connection do you have to the belief? If you did not have any thing in common or connect with story, explain how you responded emotionally and intellectually to these experiences.
  • What experiences have shaped the lives of each? How does each respond, physically or emotionally, to these experiences?
• Include working hyper-links to the essays you used for this assignment at then end of each paragraph of explanation.

Textbook Reference/Citation: To successfully complete this assignment incorporate three references from three different chapters from chapter’s 1-12 in the course textbook. You will have a total of three references and citations from the textbook in the body of your post. References to other textbooks, articles, websites and such will not be accepted. When citing the textbook, it is good to find a term or concept you want to use, define it according to the textbook (include citation) and then provide analysis or connection to the prompt.

Upon completion, your (original) post should:

• have a clear/short introduction, a detailed body of analysis and a clear/conclusion.
• be 900-1000 words in length.
• include a clear in-text citation (text chapter, page number) of materials from our textbook.
• use “quotation marks” around words that are not yours! That is, when using word-for-word materials from the textbook, use quotation marks.
• not include a reference page.
• be free of spelling and grammar errors.
• represent college-level writing

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Peer Responses: You are required to post two peer responses using the same criteria used for Chapter DB peer responses: 150 words per response and 1 textbook reference with citation per peer response. After I submit the assignment I will be able to view the answers, and share them with you for responses.