****Understanding Ideas and themes****
\n“****Argumentative essay type****”
\nthe only Texts to be used in the essay are :
\n\u201cPolitics and Audience: The New York Times\u2019 Appeal to Undecided Voters in 2016\u201d Alison Block
\n\u201cWhy \u201cNatural\u201d Doesn\u2019t Mean Anything Anymore\u201d Michael Pollan
\n\u201cSoft Language\u201d George Carlin
\nDrawing on readings and your own experience and views, you will choose a theme related to language and its uses and will analyze and discuss it in detail, while using a text, or texts, to support your thesis.
\nThis may entail putting two or more readings into conversation with one another. Keep in mind our discussion on Kenneth Burke and the conversations that we encounter when reading texts and finding where they intersect with our own views. The writers addressed the same issues. Consider where they agree and disagree, and why. Think about the evidence they provide for their claims, or reasons for their position. Be specific, using quotes from the writers to support your interpretation of a certain claim they make or of their position on a particular topic. An example would be to analyze the stances that Alison Block, Michael Pollan, and George Carlin have towards language and propaganda or hidden messages. Do they agree on this issue? What reasons do they give for their position, and how might their different contexts influence their stance? For this essay you will draw out one particular theme from one or more of the readings and discuss your own theory of language and the way it is used to manipulate or change meanings in everyday use and public discourse. You must consider not only what you observe, but also \u201cwhy\u201d it occurs. This \u201cwhy\u201d will be an analysis of yours and the writers\u2019 respective positions on the topic and serve to provide reasoning for why you feel that observation is true.
\nThis essay should:
\n1. Be 3 – 4 pages, in proper format, double spaced with Times New Roman 12-point font and one-inch margins.
\n2. Have a clear and logical organization, coherently structured with recognizable transitions throughout.
\n3. Use facts, examples, and details to support your thesis.
\n4. Show critical thinking
\n5. Use only the text(s) on top to support your ideas
\n******Essay References are:******
\nBlock, A. (2016). Politics and audience: The New York Times\u2019 appeal to undecided voters in
\n2016. In J. Mauk & J. Metz (Eds.), The composition of everyday life: A guide to writing, Concise (6th ed.) (pp. 163-167) Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
\nCarlin, G. (Writer), & Urbisci, R. (Director). (1990). Soft language. G. Carlin & B Carlin.
\n(Producers). Doin\u2019 it again. New Brunswick, NJ: Home Box Office (HBO).
\nPollan, M. (2016). Why \u201cnatural\u201d doesn\u2019t mean anything anymore. In J. Mauk & J. Metz
\n(Eds.), The composition of everyday life: A guide to writing, Concise (6th ed.) (pp. 125-
\n128) Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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