- Pick a social problem/issue that you are interested in (ex: hunger, poverty, ageism, alcoholism, bullying, spousal abuse... for more examples of contemporary social issues check out:
- http://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326995&p=2194601
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018778.html
- topics list we have covered in class so far --under handouts folder
- Select a text that has to do with your social issue
- ex: article, book, show, movie, commercial, ad, speech, poem, building, etc.
- Write a paragraph response about your text. This can be any kind of response
- ex: summary, why you chose it, what you liked about it, why it caught your interest, what it made you think of or realize, etc.
- Break it Down
- Genre
- Topics
- Rhetorical Strategies
CHALLENGE: write your paragraph using one of the rhetorical strategies listed from your text .... this is optional
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