Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"
Responses, Extensions & Challenges to Carr
Assignment Prompt, Handouts and Definitions of Terms
Tips for Assignment 3
- Identify the strategy in Carr and make a case for your interpretation – provide evidence and/or examples, including textual evidence (a quotation or two).
- Explain HOW the strategy supports or advances Carr’s claim
- Explain WHY Carr uses this strategy and how it is intended to persuade, or influence Carr’s audience (remember that his audience may include people like you).
- Explain the EFFECTS the strategy is likely to have
- [For one of the strategies] Evaluate the EFFECTIVENESS of the strategy – what strengths or weaknesses can you identify?
Language, Social Construction & Rhetorical Strategies
Constructing eCigs
CARR QUESTIONS
1. What strategic choices do you see in the way evidence is selected, sequenced (organized), represented and presented to the reader?
2. What is weakest strategic use of evidence? (relative effectiveness). Think also of STAR (sufficiency, typicality, accuracy, relevance).
Peer Review
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Has the writer properly answered the prompt in the paragraphs present?
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What could be improved?
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How could you elevate the analysis?
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On a language level, is it clear?
1. What strategic choices do you see in the way evidence is selected, sequenced (organized), represented and presented to the reader?
2. What is weakest strategic use of evidence? (relative effectiveness). Think also of STAR (sufficiency, typicality, accuracy, relevance).
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