Unit 9
AB224 | Microeconomics
Unit 9 Assignment: Monopoly Pricing
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Assignment
In this Assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of monopoly pricing, based on different management criteria, the impact of price regulation of monopolies, and provide detailed explanations of how price effect and quantity effect cause marginal revenue to be different from the price.
Questions
1. The Gulf Sea Turtle Conservation Group (GSTCG), a 501(c) (3) non–profit group of volunteers working to collect data on nesting sea turtles and to promote sea turtle conservation, is considering creating a video to educate people about sea turtle conservation. The cost of duplicating the video on a DVD and mailing the DVD is $6.58. In a GSTCG member meeting, the video plan was discussed. Table 1. shows the expected demand for the DVD at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. The receipts will be used to fund GSTCG supplies for their data collection and conservation work. At the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the GSTCG to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility.
Table 1.
Suggested Donation per DVD Request
Anticipated Number of DVD Requests
$19.00
0
$15.00
2
$9.50
4
$7.75
10
$3.00
15
$0.00
20
a. Complete Table 2. by computing the Total Revenue, Marginal Revenue, and Profit columns.
Table 2.
Suggested Donation per DVD Request
Anticipated Number of DVD Requests
Total Revenue
Marginal Revenue
PROFIT
$19.00
0
$15.00
2
$9.50
4
$7.75
10
$3.00
15
$0.00
20
b. The President wants the GSTCG to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (Total Revenue). What price is the President of the GSTCG favoring and how many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested donati ...
1. Please visit the following link on the Economist.com and an.docxjackiewalcutt
1. Please visit the following link on the Economist.com and answer the following three questions based
on data from any of the tables here. (There are about half a dozen tables linked under “economic and
financial indicators” on the right side of the page. These tables contain data on output, prices, wages,
inflation, interest rates etc.)
http://www.economist.com/markets-data
For the purposes of answering these questions, assume that interest rates refer to the annual rates on
10-year government bonds. If necessary, please state any other assumptions. Based on Britain (₤)
and Canada (C$):
a. For practical purposes, does real interest rate parity exist between these two countries? Please
show me your calculations.
b. Compared to last year, has the C$ appreciated or depreciated against the pound, and by how
much? (Please provide your reasoning and computations). Is this what you would expect based
on your answer to part a? Explain your reasoning.
c. Identify any two other factors from the tables that, in general, predict exchange rate appreciation
or depreciation, and determine if the appreciation or depreciation of the C$ is consistent with
what you might predict
2. In general, several variables appear to affect the future value of a currency. Everything else being
equal, with reference to the home country, clearly explain in a couple of sentences how each of the
following variables are likely to appreciate or depreciate the country’s currency: (please think
carefully before you answer these questions). (6 points)
a. Increase in GDP/output
b. Increase in money supply (M)
c. Increase in nominal interest rate (In)
d. Increase in real interest rate (Ir)
e. Increase in inflation
f. Increase in current account surplus
3. Compare and contrast home replication, global, transnational and multi-domestic strategies. Please
provide some examples of each type of strategy in your discussion. Please ensure that your
discussion contains an understanding of the conditions under which each strategy might be considered
appropriate.
2 points
2 points
2 points
2 points
3 points
4. You are considering exchanging Swiss Francs (SF) for Japanese Yen (Y). At the bank, you see the
following rates posted. (Please note that for full credit, you must show the steps to the correct answer
clearly and cleanly, not just the final answer.)
SF/$ = 0.9154 Y/$ = 100.26
a. What is the Y/SF exchange rate?
b. What is the SF/Y exchange rate?
c. If the SF appreciated by 10% what would then new rate be?
d. If the Yen depreciated by 25% relative to the original exchange rate (i.e. answer to part a, or
part b), what would the new rate be?
5. In recent months, several emerging markets such as India, Indonesia, Brazil and to a lesser extent
Brazil have seen a sharp depreciation of their currencies against the US dollar, as well as an increase
in volatility of their markets. In orde ...
Economics 2106 (Fall 2012) — Prof. Greg Trandel — Homework Assignment # 4 (first part)
Answers due: Beginning of class, Friday, November 9th.
Instructions/Information: Depending on how much material is covered in class by Wednesday,
November 7th, it’s possible that students won’t have to answer the last question on this assignment.
A definite announcement will be made in class.
1. Suppose that a firm is currently charging $45 for its product. The firm knows that its marginal
cost of producing the product is $25, and it believes that the elasticity of demand for the
product (at least at its current price) equals 3. Given this belief, does it appear that setting its
price at $45 is a profit-maximizing decision? If not, and if the firm’s goal is indeed to maximize
its current profit, should the firm raise or lower its price?
2. Suppose that a monopoly firm produces a good at a constant marginal cost of $30 per unit
(to keep things simple, assume that the firm has no fixed cost, so that its average total cost
of production also always equals $30). The firm sells its product to consumers in two di!erent
markets. [Market A and Market B are two completely separate markets; the firm can charge a
di!erent price is each.] Market A has the following characteristic: if the firm wants to increase
its sales in that market by one unit, it can do so only by lowering its price in that market by
$1. In order to sell one additional unit in Market B, in contrast, the firm must lower its price
there by only $.50.
(a) Use the information given above
and the formula (from class) for
marginal revenue to complete
the accompanying table.
Market A Market B
Marginal Marginal
Unit Price Revenue Unit Price Revenue
8 46 39 8 41 37.5
9 45 37 9 40.5 36.5
10 44 35 10 40 35.5
11 43 11 39.5
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
(b) Considering Market A alone,
what quantity should the firm
sell in that market in order to
maximize its profit there?
What price should it charge in
that market? What profit does
the firm make on its sales in
Market A?
(c) Considering Market B alone,
what quantity should the firm
sell in that market in order to
maximize its profit there? What price should it charge in that market? What profit does
the firm make on its sales in Market B?
(d) Assume that the firm can charge di!erent prices in each market, and that a consumer
located in one market can only buy at the price set in that market (i.e., a consumer in the
market in which the firm sets the higher price can’t switch to the other market in order
to buy at the lower price). In other words, assume that the firm can practice direct price
di!erentiation; that it can simply maximize its profit by charging the prices (and earning
the profits) found in parts (b) and (c). Adding together those profit values, what total
profit does a price-di!erentiating firm make on its sales?
(e) In contrast, suppose that the firm has to charge the same price to all its customers (i.e.,
it can’t practice price discrim ...
Economics 101Homework #5Directions The homework will be colle.docxjack60216
Economics 101
Homework #5
Directions: The homework will be collected in a box before the lecture. Please place your name, TA name and section number on top of the homework (legibly). Make sure you write your name as it appears on your ID so that you can receive the correct grade. Late homework will not be accepted so make plans ahead of time. Please show your work. Good luck!
Please realize that you are essentially creating “your brand” when you submit this homework. Do you want your homework to convey that you are competent, careful, professional? Or, do you want to convey the image that you are careless, sloppy, and less than professional. For the rest of your life you will be creating your brand: please think about what you are saying about yourself when you do any work for someone else!
1. Consider a monopolist where the market demand curve for the produce is given by P = 520 – 2Q. This monopolist has marginal costs that can be expressed as MC = 100 + 2Q and total costs that can be expressed as TC = 100Q + Q2 + 50.
a. Given the above information, what is this monopolist’s profit maximizing price and output if it charges a single price?
b. Given the above information, calculate this single price monopolist’s profit.
c. At the profit maximizing quantity, what is this monopolist’s average total cost of production (ATC)?
d. At the profit maximizing quantity, what is the profit per unit for this single price monopolist?
2. Consider a monopolist described by the following equations:
Market demand for monopolist’s product: P = 100 – Q
ATC for monopolist: ATC = 20 +(3/10) Q
MC for monopolist: MC = 20 + (3/5)Q
In this question we will use the above data to compare a single price monopolist to the same monopolist that is regulated either with average cost regulation or marginal cost regulation. At the end of the question you will fill out a table to compare your results.
a. Given the above information, what is the profit maximizing price and quantity for the single price monopolist? You should round your answers to the nearest whole number.
b. Given the above information, what is the level of profit for this single price monopolist?
c. Suppose this monopolist is regulated to produce at that quantity where price equals average total cost. Calculate the quantity the monopolist will produce and the price it will charge given this regulatory scenario.
d. Calculate the level of profits for the monopoly if it is regulated to produce that quantity where price equals average total cost. Explain how you got your answer.
e. Suppose this monopolist is regulated to produce at that quantity where price equals marginal cost. Calculate the quantity the monopolist will produce and the price it will charge given this regulatory scenario.
f. Calculate the level of profits for the monopoly if it is regulated to produce that quantity where price equals marginal cost.
g. How big a subsidy will the monopoly require in order to be willing to produce at t ...
To Kill A MockingbirdGoalStudents will choose 10 of the 15.docxLynellBull52
To Kill A Mockingbird
Goal:Students will choose 10 of the 15 statements below in which to respond. Answer each response in a complete sentence. Each response should contain at least 5 sentences and no more than 8 sentences. So to summarize, you need to write at least 50 sentences for this assignment.
* Your Reading Response should be created in a word document file so that you can save your work frequently and also use spell check and grammar check. When it is ready to be submitted, click Prepare Answer, then click Add Attachment, then click Upload File, and after selecting and uploading the file, click Save & Submit for Grading.
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
3. Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have him/her as a friend.
4. Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
5. What real-life people or events are you reminded of by characters or events in the story? Explain why.
6. Write about what would happen if you brought one of your characters to school or home for a day.
7. Pick a scene in which you disagreed how a character handled a situation/person and rewrite it in the way you think it should have happened.
8. What quality of which character strikes you as a good characteristic to develop within yourself over the years? Why? How does the character demonstrate this quality?
9. Who tells the story? Is this the best person to tell it? Why?
10. How would the story be different if told through another character's eyes?
11. Why do you think the author wrote this story?
12. If you were the author, would you have ended the story in a different way? Why? How so?
13. How does the author provide information or details to make the story seem realistic?
14. Do you have any unanswered questions about the story? Explain.
15. Copy an interesting/confusing/important/enjoyable passage and explain why you chose it.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Goal:
Students will choose 10 of the 15 statements below in which to respond.
Answer each response in a complete sentence.
Each response should contain at
least 5 sentences and no more than 8 sentences. So to summarize, you need to write
at least 50 sentences f
or this assignment
.
* Your Reading Response should be created in a word document file so that you
can save your work frequently and also use spell check and grammar check. When
it is ready to be submitted, click Prepare Answer, then click Add Attachment,
then
click Upload File, and after selecting and uploading the file, click Save & Submit
for Grading.
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to
solve his/her problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you thi
nk the character is acting that
way
.
3. Pick one character and explain why you would/.
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Problem 1:
A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump sum of $12 million in Year 0 (the current year), or in parts, in which $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 1, and another $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 2.
Describe your answer for each item below
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The document provides details for two assignments for a business course. Assignment 1 includes two applied problems analyzing consumer demand and production costs. Assignment 2 includes three applied problems analyzing production cost analysis and estimation. The problems require calculating costs, revenues, profits and other metrics to analyze business decisions for various scenarios involving pricing, production levels, costs and demand.
1. Please visit the following link on the Economist.com and an.docxjackiewalcutt
1. Please visit the following link on the Economist.com and answer the following three questions based
on data from any of the tables here. (There are about half a dozen tables linked under “economic and
financial indicators” on the right side of the page. These tables contain data on output, prices, wages,
inflation, interest rates etc.)
http://www.economist.com/markets-data
For the purposes of answering these questions, assume that interest rates refer to the annual rates on
10-year government bonds. If necessary, please state any other assumptions. Based on Britain (₤)
and Canada (C$):
a. For practical purposes, does real interest rate parity exist between these two countries? Please
show me your calculations.
b. Compared to last year, has the C$ appreciated or depreciated against the pound, and by how
much? (Please provide your reasoning and computations). Is this what you would expect based
on your answer to part a? Explain your reasoning.
c. Identify any two other factors from the tables that, in general, predict exchange rate appreciation
or depreciation, and determine if the appreciation or depreciation of the C$ is consistent with
what you might predict
2. In general, several variables appear to affect the future value of a currency. Everything else being
equal, with reference to the home country, clearly explain in a couple of sentences how each of the
following variables are likely to appreciate or depreciate the country’s currency: (please think
carefully before you answer these questions). (6 points)
a. Increase in GDP/output
b. Increase in money supply (M)
c. Increase in nominal interest rate (In)
d. Increase in real interest rate (Ir)
e. Increase in inflation
f. Increase in current account surplus
3. Compare and contrast home replication, global, transnational and multi-domestic strategies. Please
provide some examples of each type of strategy in your discussion. Please ensure that your
discussion contains an understanding of the conditions under which each strategy might be considered
appropriate.
2 points
2 points
2 points
2 points
3 points
4. You are considering exchanging Swiss Francs (SF) for Japanese Yen (Y). At the bank, you see the
following rates posted. (Please note that for full credit, you must show the steps to the correct answer
clearly and cleanly, not just the final answer.)
SF/$ = 0.9154 Y/$ = 100.26
a. What is the Y/SF exchange rate?
b. What is the SF/Y exchange rate?
c. If the SF appreciated by 10% what would then new rate be?
d. If the Yen depreciated by 25% relative to the original exchange rate (i.e. answer to part a, or
part b), what would the new rate be?
5. In recent months, several emerging markets such as India, Indonesia, Brazil and to a lesser extent
Brazil have seen a sharp depreciation of their currencies against the US dollar, as well as an increase
in volatility of their markets. In orde ...
Economics 2106 (Fall 2012) — Prof. Greg Trandel — Homework Assignment # 4 (first part)
Answers due: Beginning of class, Friday, November 9th.
Instructions/Information: Depending on how much material is covered in class by Wednesday,
November 7th, it’s possible that students won’t have to answer the last question on this assignment.
A definite announcement will be made in class.
1. Suppose that a firm is currently charging $45 for its product. The firm knows that its marginal
cost of producing the product is $25, and it believes that the elasticity of demand for the
product (at least at its current price) equals 3. Given this belief, does it appear that setting its
price at $45 is a profit-maximizing decision? If not, and if the firm’s goal is indeed to maximize
its current profit, should the firm raise or lower its price?
2. Suppose that a monopoly firm produces a good at a constant marginal cost of $30 per unit
(to keep things simple, assume that the firm has no fixed cost, so that its average total cost
of production also always equals $30). The firm sells its product to consumers in two di!erent
markets. [Market A and Market B are two completely separate markets; the firm can charge a
di!erent price is each.] Market A has the following characteristic: if the firm wants to increase
its sales in that market by one unit, it can do so only by lowering its price in that market by
$1. In order to sell one additional unit in Market B, in contrast, the firm must lower its price
there by only $.50.
(a) Use the information given above
and the formula (from class) for
marginal revenue to complete
the accompanying table.
Market A Market B
Marginal Marginal
Unit Price Revenue Unit Price Revenue
8 46 39 8 41 37.5
9 45 37 9 40.5 36.5
10 44 35 10 40 35.5
11 43 11 39.5
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
(b) Considering Market A alone,
what quantity should the firm
sell in that market in order to
maximize its profit there?
What price should it charge in
that market? What profit does
the firm make on its sales in
Market A?
(c) Considering Market B alone,
what quantity should the firm
sell in that market in order to
maximize its profit there? What price should it charge in that market? What profit does
the firm make on its sales in Market B?
(d) Assume that the firm can charge di!erent prices in each market, and that a consumer
located in one market can only buy at the price set in that market (i.e., a consumer in the
market in which the firm sets the higher price can’t switch to the other market in order
to buy at the lower price). In other words, assume that the firm can practice direct price
di!erentiation; that it can simply maximize its profit by charging the prices (and earning
the profits) found in parts (b) and (c). Adding together those profit values, what total
profit does a price-di!erentiating firm make on its sales?
(e) In contrast, suppose that the firm has to charge the same price to all its customers (i.e.,
it can’t practice price discrim ...
Economics 101Homework #5Directions The homework will be colle.docxjack60216
Economics 101
Homework #5
Directions: The homework will be collected in a box before the lecture. Please place your name, TA name and section number on top of the homework (legibly). Make sure you write your name as it appears on your ID so that you can receive the correct grade. Late homework will not be accepted so make plans ahead of time. Please show your work. Good luck!
Please realize that you are essentially creating “your brand” when you submit this homework. Do you want your homework to convey that you are competent, careful, professional? Or, do you want to convey the image that you are careless, sloppy, and less than professional. For the rest of your life you will be creating your brand: please think about what you are saying about yourself when you do any work for someone else!
1. Consider a monopolist where the market demand curve for the produce is given by P = 520 – 2Q. This monopolist has marginal costs that can be expressed as MC = 100 + 2Q and total costs that can be expressed as TC = 100Q + Q2 + 50.
a. Given the above information, what is this monopolist’s profit maximizing price and output if it charges a single price?
b. Given the above information, calculate this single price monopolist’s profit.
c. At the profit maximizing quantity, what is this monopolist’s average total cost of production (ATC)?
d. At the profit maximizing quantity, what is the profit per unit for this single price monopolist?
2. Consider a monopolist described by the following equations:
Market demand for monopolist’s product: P = 100 – Q
ATC for monopolist: ATC = 20 +(3/10) Q
MC for monopolist: MC = 20 + (3/5)Q
In this question we will use the above data to compare a single price monopolist to the same monopolist that is regulated either with average cost regulation or marginal cost regulation. At the end of the question you will fill out a table to compare your results.
a. Given the above information, what is the profit maximizing price and quantity for the single price monopolist? You should round your answers to the nearest whole number.
b. Given the above information, what is the level of profit for this single price monopolist?
c. Suppose this monopolist is regulated to produce at that quantity where price equals average total cost. Calculate the quantity the monopolist will produce and the price it will charge given this regulatory scenario.
d. Calculate the level of profits for the monopoly if it is regulated to produce that quantity where price equals average total cost. Explain how you got your answer.
e. Suppose this monopolist is regulated to produce at that quantity where price equals marginal cost. Calculate the quantity the monopolist will produce and the price it will charge given this regulatory scenario.
f. Calculate the level of profits for the monopoly if it is regulated to produce that quantity where price equals marginal cost.
g. How big a subsidy will the monopoly require in order to be willing to produce at t ...
To Kill A MockingbirdGoalStudents will choose 10 of the 15.docxLynellBull52
To Kill A Mockingbird
Goal:Students will choose 10 of the 15 statements below in which to respond. Answer each response in a complete sentence. Each response should contain at least 5 sentences and no more than 8 sentences. So to summarize, you need to write at least 50 sentences for this assignment.
* Your Reading Response should be created in a word document file so that you can save your work frequently and also use spell check and grammar check. When it is ready to be submitted, click Prepare Answer, then click Add Attachment, then click Upload File, and after selecting and uploading the file, click Save & Submit for Grading.
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
3. Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have him/her as a friend.
4. Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
5. What real-life people or events are you reminded of by characters or events in the story? Explain why.
6. Write about what would happen if you brought one of your characters to school or home for a day.
7. Pick a scene in which you disagreed how a character handled a situation/person and rewrite it in the way you think it should have happened.
8. What quality of which character strikes you as a good characteristic to develop within yourself over the years? Why? How does the character demonstrate this quality?
9. Who tells the story? Is this the best person to tell it? Why?
10. How would the story be different if told through another character's eyes?
11. Why do you think the author wrote this story?
12. If you were the author, would you have ended the story in a different way? Why? How so?
13. How does the author provide information or details to make the story seem realistic?
14. Do you have any unanswered questions about the story? Explain.
15. Copy an interesting/confusing/important/enjoyable passage and explain why you chose it.
To Kill A Mockingbird
Goal:
Students will choose 10 of the 15 statements below in which to respond.
Answer each response in a complete sentence.
Each response should contain at
least 5 sentences and no more than 8 sentences. So to summarize, you need to write
at least 50 sentences f
or this assignment
.
* Your Reading Response should be created in a word document file so that you
can save your work frequently and also use spell check and grammar check. When
it is ready to be submitted, click Prepare Answer, then click Add Attachment,
then
click Upload File, and after selecting and uploading the file, click Save & Submit
for Grading.
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to
solve his/her problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you thi
nk the character is acting that
way
.
3. Pick one character and explain why you would/.
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Problem 1:
A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump sum of $12 million in Year 0 (the current year), or in parts, in which $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 1, and another $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 2.
Describe your answer for each item below
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The document provides details for two assignments for a business course. Assignment 1 includes two applied problems analyzing consumer demand and production costs. Assignment 2 includes three applied problems analyzing production cost analysis and estimation. The problems require calculating costs, revenues, elasticities, and other metrics to make optimal business decisions around pricing, production levels, and project selection.
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A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump sum of $12 million in Year 0 (the current year), or in parts, in which $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 1, and another $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 2.
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A generous university benefactor has agreed to donate a large amount of money for student scholarships. The money can be provided in one lump sum of $12 million in Year 0 (the current year), or in parts, in which $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 1, and another $7 million can be provided at the end of Year 2.
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4
Multiple-Choice Questions
1. The difference between the short-run and the long-run production function is:
a. three months or one business quarter.
b. the time it takes for firms to change all production inputs.
c. the time it takes for firms to change only their variable inputs.
d. more information is required to answer this question.
2. Which of the following statements about the short-run production function is true?
a. MP always equals AP at the maximum point of MP.
b. MP always equals zero when TP is at its maximum.
c. TP starts to decline at the point of diminishing returns.
d. When MP diminishes, AP is at its minimum point.
e. None of the above is true.
3. Assume a firm employs 10 workers and pays each $15 per hour. Further assume that the MP of the 10th worker is 5 units of output and that the price of the output is $4. According to economic theory, in the short run
a. the firm should hire additional workers
b. the firm should reduce the number of workers employed
c. the firm should continue to employ 10 workers.
d. more information is required to answer this question.
4. A firm using two inputs, X and Y, is using them in the most efficient manner when
a. MPX = MPY
b. PX = PY and MPX = MPY
c. MPX/PY = MPY/PX
d. MPX/MPY = PX/PY
5. Average fixed cost is
a. AC minus AVC
b. TC divided by Q
c. AVC minus MC
d. TC minus TVC
6. Diseconomies of scale can be caused by
a. the law of diminishing returns.
b. bureaucratic inefficiencies.
c. increasing advertising and promotional costs.
d. all of the above.
7. Which of the following cost relationship is not true?
a. AFC = AC - MC
b. TVC = TC - TFC
c. the change in TVC divided by the change in Q = MC
d. the change in TC divided by the change in Q = MC
8. When a firm produces at the point where MR = MC, and the price of its product is higher that the cost per unit, the profit that it is earning is considered to be
a. maximum
b. normal
c. above normal
d. below normal
9. Which of the following is not characteristic of perfect competition?
a. A differentiated product
b. No barriers to entry
c. Large number of buyers
d. Complete knowledge of market price
10. Suppose a firm is currently maximizing its profits (i.e., following the MR = MC rule). Assuming that it wants to continue maximizing its profits, if its fixed costs increase, it should
a. maintain the same price
b. raise its price
c. lower its price
d. not enough information to answer this question
11. Which of the following is true about a monopoly?
a. Its demand curve is generally less elastic than in more competitive markets.
b. It will always earn economic profit.
c. It will charge the highest possible price.
d. It will always be subject to government regulations.
12. If an oligopolistic firm decides to raise its price,
a. other firms will automatically follow.
b. none of the other firms will follow.
c. other firms may follow if it is the price leader.
d. None of the above.
13.
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Volume 13, Number 2, April 1999
PREJUDICE IN JEST: WHEN RACIAL AND
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Kishore Kumar Pusukuri, Rajiv Gupta, Laxmi N. Bhuyan
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, USA 92521
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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achieving scalable performance for multithreaded applications
running on multicore systems. However, contention manage-
ment policies provided by modern operating systems increase
context-switches and lead to performance degradation for
multithreaded applications under high loads. Moreover, this
problem is exacerbated by the interaction between contention
management policies and OS scheduling polices. Time Share
(TS) is the default scheduling policy in a modern OS such as
OpenSolaris and with TS policy, priorities of threads change
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scheduling. Due to the frequent ping-ponging of priorities,
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of the same application. This increases the frequency of
involuntary context-switches as wells as lock-holder thread
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preemptions. We implemented FF on a 24-core Dell PowerEdge
R905 server running OpenSolaris.2009.06 and evaluated it
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policy achieves high performance for both lightly and heavily
loaded systems. Moreover it does not require any changes to
the application source code or the OS kernel.
Keywords-Scheduling; priorities; contention; context-
switches
I. INTRODUCTION
The advent of multicore architectures provides an attractive
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variety of multithreaded applications. However, exploiting
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Unit 9AB224 MicroeconomicsUnit 9 Assignment Monopoly.docx
1. Unit 9
AB224 | Microeconomics
Unit 9 Assignment: Monopoly Pricing
Name:
Course Number and Section: AB224–0X
Date:
General Instructions for all Assignments
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this assignment template to your computer with the following
file naming format: Course number_section
number_Last_First_unit number
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Your Name, Course Number and Section, and the Date
3. Insert your answers below, or in the appropriate space
provided for in the question. Your answers should follow APA
format with citations to your sources and, at the bottom of your
last page, a list of references. Your answers should also be in
Standard English with correct spelling, punctuation, grammar,
and style (double spaced, in Times New Roman, 12–point, and
black font). Respond to questions in a thorough manner,
providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and
other elements asked for in the questions.
4. Upload the completed Assignment to the appropriate
Dropbox.
5. Any questions about the Assignment, or format questions,
should be directed to your course instructor.
2. Assignment
In this Assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of
monopoly pricing, based on different management criteria, the
impact of price regulation of monopolies, and provide detailed
explanations of how price effect and quantity effect cause
marginal revenue to be different from the price.
Questions
1. The Gulf Sea Turtle Conservation Group (GSTCG), a 501(c)
(3) non–profit group of volunteers working to collect data on
nesting sea turtles and to promote sea turtle conservation, is
considering creating a video to educate people about sea turtle
conservation. The cost of duplicating the video on a DVD and
mailing the DVD is $6.58. In a GSTCG member meeting, the
video plan was discussed. Table 1. shows the expected demand
for the DVD at different suggested donation levels, and they can
act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. The receipts
will be used to fund GSTCG supplies for their data collection
and conservation work. At the end of each sea turtle nesting
season, any excess funds are donated by the GSTCG to a local
non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility.
Table 1.
Suggested Donation per DVD Request
Anticipated Number of DVD Requests
$19.00
0
$15.00
2
$9.50
4
$7.75
10
3. $3.00
15
$0.00
20
a. Complete Table 2. by computing the Total Revenue,
Marginal Revenue, and Profit columns.
Table 2.
Suggested Donation per DVD Request
Anticipated Number of DVD Requests
Total Revenue
Marginal Revenue
PROFIT
$19.00
0
$15.00
2
$9.50
4
$7.75
10
$3.00
15
4. $0.00
20
b. The President wants the GSTCG to provide videos to
generate the most possible donations (Total Revenue). What
price is the President of the GSTCG favoring and how many
people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the
suggested donation? Explain your answers.
c. The Education Outreach Committee wants the GSTCG to
provide videos to the most possible number of people. What
price is the Educational Outreach Committee favoring and how
many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of
the suggested donation? Explain your answers.
d. The Treasurer of the GSTCG wants the DVD program to be
as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals
marginal cost. What price is the Treasurer favoring and how
many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of
the suggested donation? Explain your answers.
e. The Fund Raising Committee wants the DVD program to
generate as much profit in donations as possible. What price is
the Fund Raising Committee favoring and how many people will
receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested
donation? Explain your answers.
5. 2. A business has been created to provide needed services to its
market. As the only provider of this service, it functions as a
monopoly, with the ability to set prices and having the entire
market demand schedule as its demand curve. Because the
monopoly is newly formed, there is no government intervention
into the monopoly’s pricing actions. Examine Diagram 2. and
answer each of the following questions with complete
explanations:
a. What is quantity (a) and why is it important?
b. What is the value at point (b) and why is it important?
c. What is the value at point (c) and why is it important?
d. What is the value at point (d) and why is it important?
e. What is the meaning of the green rectangle labeled (e)?
f. If there were no monopoly and this was a perfectly
competitive market, what would quantity at point (f) be and why
is it important?
6. g. If there were no monopoly and this was a perfectly
competitive market, what would point (g) be and why is it
important?
h. For the market in which the monopoly now operates, what
does the red triangle labeled (h) mean, and why is it important?
3. A governmental regulating agency was created to oversee the
monopoly in Question 2’s operations and pricing. Diagram 3.
depicts a new price ceiling set by the regulators. Answer each
of the following questions with complete explanations:
a. What is quantity (a) and why is it important?
b. What is the value at point (b) and why is it important?
c. At what level was the price ceiling set?
d. What is the value at point (c) and why is it important?
e. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly make any
monopoly profits?
f. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly cover its
costs?
g. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly continue
in business in the long run?
7. 4. Diagram 4. depicts a different price ceiling set by the
regulators for the monopoly in Question 2. Answer each of the
following questions with complete explanations:
a. What is quantity (a) and why is it important?
b. What is the value at point (b) and why is it important?
c. At what level was the price ceiling set?
d. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly make any
monopoly profits?
e. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly cover its
costs?
f. At this price ceiling level, will the monopoly continue in
business in the long run?
5. Explain your understanding of how price effect contributes to
the fact that, for a monopoly, marginal revenue is always less
than the price.
6. Explain your understanding of how quantity effect
contributes to the fact that, for a monopoly, marginal revenue is
always less than the price.
8. -------------------------------
References:
Unit 9 Assignment: Monopoly Pricing Grading Rubric:
Content
Percent Possible
Points Possible
Full Assignment
100%
40
Overall Writing:
20%
8
Correct coversheet information at the top of 1st page
5%
2.00
APA format for answers
3%
1.20
Correct citations
3%
1.20
Standard English no errors
9. 4%
1.60
At least one, or more, references
5%
2.00
Answers: provides complete information demonstrating analysis
and critical thinking:
80%
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Individual Questions:
1. a. Computer TR, MR and Profit
5%
2.00
1. b. Most donations
3%
1.20
1. c. Most people get DVD's
3%
1.20
1. d. Most efficient price
4%
1.60
1. e. Most profit
3%
1.20
2. a.–h. Evaluate monopoly – no price ceiling
16%
6.40
3. a.–g. Evaluate monopoly – 1st price ceiling
14%
5.60
10. 4. a.–f. Evaluate monopoly – 2nd price ceiling
12%
4.80
5. Explain price effect and MR not equal price
10%
4.00
6. Explain quantity effect and MR not equal price
10%
4.00
Sub-total for Individual Questions:
80%
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ENG125:
Introduction to Literature
List of Writing Prompts
1. Characters do what they do because of their various
motivations and
desires. Often, their desires conflict with their ethical or moral
responsibilities. For example, a personal belief, a love, a thirst
for vengeance, a
resolve to rectify a wrong, or some other ambition may cause a
11. character to
conflict with a moral obligation. Write about a literary work in
which a
character’s motivations/desire conflict with his/her ethical
responsibilities.
Remember that you are analyzing the literary text--not
commenting on whether
or not the behaviors are ethical or “right” in your opinion.
Instead, you should
focus on the moral dilemma the character experiences and
analyze how he/she
wrestles with this dilemma beyond what is obvious in the plot.
What literary
elements draw out this conflict?
Literary Works (choose one from either of the lists below):
Stories:
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” (O’Connor, 1953)
“The Blue Hotel” (Crane, 1898)
“The Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) - 5.4 in Journey
into Literature
“Greasy Lake” (Boyle, 1985)
Drama:
Macbeth (Shakespeare, 1606) - Appendix B in Journey into
Literature
2. Write an analysis of a key character in a literary work.
Describe two to
three key actions of the character, or how the character responds
to
events. What do the actions reveal about the character? Do the
character’s
actions fit together, or do they contradict each other? If they
12. contradict,
what does that contradiction say about the character’s emotional
and mental
capacity? Analyze the character’s psychological background.
Why does
the character act in the way he/she does? How does the
author’s
characterization in the text reflect this psychological
background?
Literary Works (choose one from either of the lists below):
Stories:
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” (Oates, 1966)
“Interpreter of Maladies” (Lahiri, 1999)
“Sonny’s Blues” (Baldwin, 1957)
“Sweat” (Hurston, 1926)
Drama:
http://xroads.virginia.edu/%7Edrbr/goodman.html
http://public.wsu.edu/%7Ecampbelld/crane/blue.htm
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FD7CD1153A32AEBB7AAB14330EFE0788139590C1B3C5F60
57CAFE4FBB8C7&bookcode=AUENG125.14.1
http://teacherweb.com/WA/CloverParkHighSchool/MsSelby/Gre
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C43B49BBE18412B1368C5A3420F0C9A6EF433F710602912B2
20F0903CD8&bookcode=AUENG125.14.1
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df
http://jhou.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/8/0/30800919/interpreter_of
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http://www.bayshoreschools.org/webpages/dmacdougal/files/son
ny's%20blues-text.pdf
13. http://biblioklept.org/2013/01/21/sweat-zora-neale-hurston/
ENG125:
Introduction to Literature
Macbeth (Shakespeare, 1606) - Appendix B in Journey into
Literature
Mistaken Identity (Cooper, 2008) 14.3 in Journey into
Literature
3. Most often, literary works have both internal conflict
(individual v. self) and
external conflict (individual v. individual, society, nature, or
technology).
Additionally, one can often find that a character’s internal
conflict is linked to an
external one. Choose a text in which both an internal and
external conflict are
evident to you. How does the external conflict illuminate the
internal one? What
meaningful parallels or incongruencies do you observe when
comparing the two,
and what is the significance within the context of the story?
Literary Works (choose one from either of the lists below):
Stories:
“No Name Woman” (Kingston, 1975)
“Sonny’s Blues” (Baldwin, 1957)
“The Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) - 5.4 in Journey
into Literature
“The Cheater's Guide to Love” (Diaz, 2012)
14. Drama:
Macbeth (Shakespeare, 1606) - Appendix B in Journey into
Literature
Mistaken Identity (Cooper, 2008) 14.3 in Journey into
Literature
4. In some stories, characters come into conflict with the culture
in which they
live. Often, a character feels alienated in his/her community or
society due
to race, gender, class or ethnic background. Choose a text that
shows this
kind of conflict. How is the character alienated from
community and how
does she/he respond to it? What does that character’s alienation
say about
the surrounding society’s assumptions, morality and values? In
what way(s)
do literary elements reflect how that society defines race,
gender, class
and/or ethnicity? How does this create conflict for the
character?
Literary Works (choose one from any of the lists below. If you
choose to write
about poetry, you may choose up to two poems from the Poems
list):
Stories:
“Sonny’s Blues” (Baldwin, 1957)
“What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” (Alexie, 2003)
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (Marquez, 1955)
“A Hunger Artist” (Kafka, 1924) – 7.5 in Journey into
16. ENG125:
Introduction to Literature
“What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl” (Smith, 1991) - 11. 1 in
Journey into
Literature
“Immigrants in Our Own Land” (Santiago Baca, 1977)
“To Live in the Borderlands Means You” (Anzaldúa, 1987)
“Child of the Americas” (Morales, 1986) - 11.1 in Journey into
Literature
Drama:
Macbeth (Shakespeare, 1606) - Appendix B in Journey into
Literature
Mistaken Identity (Cooper, 2008) 14.3 in Journey into
Literature
5. Setting is an important component of any story. Consider the
role that setting
has in one of the works. How is this particular setting integral
to the story? Does
the protagonist conflict with the setting or have particular
interactions with
it? How does the protagonist’s relationship with the setting
connect with his/her
development as a character?
Literary Works (choose one from any of the lists below. If you
choose to write
about poetry, you may choose up to two poems from the Poems
17. list):
Stories:
“Greasy Lake” (Boyle, 1985)
“The Blue Hotel” (Crane, 1898)
“The Things They Carried” (O’Brien, 1990) - 5.4 in Journey
into Literature
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (LeGuin, 1973)
Poems:
“The Raven” (Poe, 1845) - 9.7 in Journey into Literature
“A Point West of Mount San Bernardino” (Delgado, 2013)
“To Live in the Borderlands Means You” (Anzaldúa, 1987)
“Smokey the Bear Sutra” (Snyder, 1969)
Drama:
A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Shakespeare, 1590)
6. Tone is a literary element that poets and authors use to affect
a certain mood,
emotion, setting, and/or message. Choose a story, drama, or
poem in which you
observe a unique tone. Analyze the tone in detail, illustrating
specific qualities of
it by offering several textual examples of each quality. Why is
this tone important
in understanding the conflict and theme of the text? How does
it contribute to
both?
Literary Works (choose one from Stories OR one from Drama
OR one of the
19. ENG125:
Introduction to Literature
“Good Country People” (O’Connor, 1953) - 6.6 in Journey into
Literature
“Guests of the Nation” (O’Connor, 1931)
“A Rock Trying to Be a Stone” (Troncoso, 1997)
“Sweat” (Hurston, 1926)
Poems:
“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” (Thomas, 1952) -
11.2 in Journey into
Literature
“Grief Calls Us to the Things of This World” (Alexie, 2009) -
11.2 in Journey
into Literature
“Bright Copper Kettles” (Seshadri, 2010)
“Theme for English B” (Hughes, 1951)
“Ways of Talking” (Jin, 1996)
“What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl” (Smith, 1991) - 11. 1 in
Journey into
Literature
“Burial” (Che, 2014)
“Blood” (Nye, 1986)
Drama:
The Importance of Being Earnest (Wilde, 1895) - 14.3 and
Appendix C in
21. ENG125: Introduction to Literature
List of Literary Techniques
Technique Description
Allusion
A reference to a recognized literary work, person, historic
event, artistic achievement, etc. that enhances the
meaning of a detail in a literary work.
Climax
The crisis or high point of tension that becomes the story’s
turning point—the point at which the outcome of the
conflict is determined.
Conflict The struggle that shapes the plot in a story.
Dramatic irony
When the reader or audience knows more about the
action than the character involved.
22. Epiphany
A profound and sudden personal discovery.
Exposition
Setting and essential background information presented at
the beginning of a story or play.
Falling action
A reduction in intensity following the climax in a story or
play, allowing the various complications to be worked out.
Fate
An outside source that determines human events.
Figurative language
Language used in a non-literal way to convey images and
ideas.
Figures of speech
The main tools of figurative language; include similes and
metaphors..
First-person point of view
Occurs when the narrator is a character in the story and
23. tells the story from his or her perspective.
Flashback
The description of an event that occurred prior to the
action in the story.
Foreshadowing
A technique a writer uses to hint or suggest what the
outcome of an important conflict or situation in a narrative
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will be.
Imagery
A distinct representation of something that can be
experienced and understood through the senses (sight,
hearing, touch, smell, and taste), or the representation of
an idea.
Irony
24. A contradiction in words or actions. There are three types
of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic.
Limited omniscient point of
view
Occurs when a narrator has access to the thoughts and
feelings of only one character in a story.
Metaphor
A figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made
between one object and another that is different from it.
Objective point of view
A detached point of view, evident when an external
narrator does not enter into the mind of any character in a
story but takes an objective stance, often to create a
dramatic effect.
Omniscient point of view
An all-knowing point of view, evident when an external
25. narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of all the
characters in a story.
Persona
Literally, in Latin, “a mask.”
Plot
A connecting element in fiction; a sequence of interrelated,
conflicting actions and events that typically build to a
climax and bring about a resolution
Point of view
The perspective of the narrator who will present the action
to the reader.
Resolution The outcome of the action in a story or play.
Rising action
Conflicts and circumstances that build to a high point of
tension in a story or play.
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26. Situational irony
When the outcome in a situation is the opposite of what is
expected.
Simile
A figure of speech that compares two objects or ideas that
are not ordinarily considered to be similar, linked by using
like or as.
Song
A lyrical musical expression, a source of emotional outlet
common in ancient communities and still influential in
contemporary culture.
Symbol
An object, person, or action that conveys two meanings: its
literal meaning and something it stands for.
Third-person point of view
Occurs when the narrator tells the story using third-person
pronouns (he, she, they) to refer to the characters.
Tone
In a literary work, the speaker’s attitude toward the reader
27. or the subject.
Verbal irony
When words are used to convey a meaning that is opposite
of their literal meaning.
ENG125:
Introduction to Literature
Eight Steps to Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
1. Carefully read and annotate the literary texts:
To begin an essay, you first should become familiar with the
literature you will write about. Read the story/poem several
times. Write notes in the margin of the text or use sticky notes
to jot down your thoughts and impressions of what you read.
Some potential things to notice include:
· What role does setting have in this story?
· How does the author create this setting?
· If figurative language is used, what is significant about the
author’s techniques?
· What interests you about the story?
· What do you find disturbing about it?
· What did it teach you?
· Are elements of the story similar to others you’ve read? Do
28. any of these elements serve as symbols and/or allegories? If so,
how do these symbols and/or allegories connect to the theme of
the story?
· What is the pace of the story like?
· How does the author create this pace?
· How does this pace connect with the storyline and theme?
· What is the main character like?
· How do you know this? What about his/her clothing, speech,
etc. affects your perception of this character?
Annotations help you to read the text closely and prompt you to
think about it in various ways.
0. Brainstorm potential topics and select one that interests you
(be sure to include the three
literary techniques required in the assignment in your
brainstorm activity)
In the class, you have been supplied with a general topic based
on conflict. However, it’s up to you as the writer to devise how
you will narrow a topic and find a specific subject to write
about. It’s best to write on a conflict that interests you. What
conflict in what story/poem/play do you find most compelling?
Once you decide on a conflict, you can then begin
brainstorming about it. Many brainstorming techniques and
templates exist; several can be found on this page:
http://www.eslflow.com/brainstorming.html.
In selecting a topic, make sure you devise one that you can
easily defend using examples and evidence from the literature.
0. Write a working thesis
On a blank piece of paper, jot down a “working thesis” that will
help you focus on the main idea of your essay. A working
thesis does not mean that this is the final thesis for your paper;
rather, it will help you direct your thoughts and assist you in
sketching out an outline (and eventually your draft).
29. Tips on Writing a Thesis:
· It should be specific, concrete and detailed.
· It should focus on a specific conflict and explain why that
conflict is important to readers.
· It should convey the essay’s central point.
· It should include the title of the text that you are writing
about.
· It should be arguable.
· It should NOT have any use of the first person (“I”
statements).
· It should be one sentence long. (For very long papers, a thesis
can be longer; however, for the paper you are writing for this
class, one sentence is sufficient).
One place to get started is the “Thesis Generator” found in the
Ashford Writing Center: https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-
thesis-generator.html.
Some examples of a “working thesis” include:
· Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein expresses a conflict between
humans and science; the novel shows how humans do not
understand nor take responsibilities of the scientific creations
they unleash on the world.
· The novel Gone With the Wind tells of the Civil War and how
that conflict not only destroyed people, but allowed some
people to prosper, creating a “nouveau riche” class that no
longer depend on land to define their status or create their
wealth.
· The spy thriller, James Bond, shows that the Cold War conflict
centers on how to prevent the villain, who wants to dominate
30. the globe, from using a deadly technological weapon that can
annihilate millions of people.
· Okonkwo’s inner conflict and ultimate demise in Chinua
Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is analogous to the conflict and
downfall in the tribe, thus revealing the tribe would have “fallen
apart” regardless of the missionaries’ arrival.
· Sir Gawain’s struggle with the Green Knight in Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight is symbolic of the struggle all humans
have when confronting their own mortality.
Note: Notice how each working thesis example contains the
word “conflict.” This word helps to focus your writing on a
specific kind of conflict. This is a suggestion, but is not
required.
0. Research and collect evidence (this includes collecting
evidence on the three literary
theories that you need to discuss in the essay)
Now that you have a working thesis, do a bit of research and
create a list of evidence to support it. Your research may lead
you to change your thesis, which is fine since a working thesis
is meant to be revised and changed. Evidence should come
from both the primary texts (which is the literary works
themselves) and secondary resources.
0. Select the best evidence and Interpret It.
With a list of evidence on hand, select the evidence that can
best represent your thesis. When you select the evidence, take
time to interpret it and write down that interpretation.
Whenever you use a quote, it’s best to follow it with an
interpretation in your own words. What do the quotes you’ve
taken from the text mean? Write that meaning as you
understand it.
0. Write an outline
You can find many outline templates online, including a Word
template embedded in your Word program. There is also
31. an outline guide at the Ashford Writing Center:
https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-outline.html
0. Write from the outline
Think of your outline as a “to-do” list for your essay; you will
need to flesh out all the ideas on it. You don’t need to start at
the introduction. Start with a body paragraph - write a topic
sentence that connect with your thesis, find supporting evidence
for it, and comment on that supporting evidence. Do this for
each body paragraph
You can write your introduction and conclusion last. Remember
the thesis should be in your introduction, and the introduction
“points to” what you will argue. The conclusion should
recapitulate the thesis and “point back” at the argument you just
made.
0. Revise and Develop
This is the step where you make sure that ideas are fully
developed, that the order of ideas makes sense, and that
paragraphs are connected with transitional language. You might
look for sentences that are awkward and/or redundant wording.
READING YOUR PAPER OUT LOUD is a fantastic tool to use
at this stage. For additional help at this stage, visit the Writing
Reviser in the Ashford Writing Center at
https://awc.ashford.edu/writing-tools-writing-reviser.html. You
can also visit
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/rst/pop5e.cfm.
9. Proofread and Edit.
This is the stage where you look for small errors, run spell
check, change wording,
etc. Make sure all your evidence, quotes and sources are cited
properly in APA!
Checklist:
32. A. ___________ Have you carefully read and re-read your text
and annotated it?
B. ___________ Have you fully brainstormed your topic and
arrived at a single, specific, focused topic?
C. ___________ Have you written a working thesis that will
help you explore and develop your topic?
D. ____________ Have you done your research and collected
evidence?
E. ____________ Have you selected your best evidence to use
in the paper and write your interpretations of quotes?
F. ____________ Have you written an outline?
G. ____________ Did you write your draft from your outline?
H. ____________ Have you revised your rough draft? Have you
re-organized your draft and added transitional phrases between
paragraphs? Have you revised your working thesis into a final
thesis?
I. ____________ Have you thoroughly proofread and edited
your paper? Are all your in-text citations in place and correct?
Is your reference page formatted in APA?
Best wishes for a successful literary analysis!