Please read the following op-ed by Bono, lead singer of the music group U2:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/opinion/18bono.html?em=&pagewanted=print
I would like you to comment on the following elements of this article: What is the SUBJECT, who is the SPEAKER, and what ARGUMENT is he making? Please provide 2- 3 quotes from the article to support your statements.
Think about this in terms of the "American Dream" and the promise of what America represents to other countries....
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Weekly Newspaper Posting, Week of October 13th
Please read the following op-ed regarding President Obama's recent win of the Nobel Prize for Peace and Diplomacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/opinion/10sat1.html?_r=1&sq=the%20peace%20prize&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1255458415-YNCpsgLmFoh75DDDd7p1YA
In your posting, analyze the rhetorical triangle for this article: Who is the SPEAKER, the AUDIENCE, the PURPOSE, the TOPIC and the THESIS in the article.
Next, make an argument if YOU think Obama has earned the Nobel Prize...why or why not? Defend your argument with EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/opinion/10sat1.html?_r=1&sq=the%20peace%20prize&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1255458415-YNCpsgLmFoh75DDDd7p1YA
In your posting, analyze the rhetorical triangle for this article: Who is the SPEAKER, the AUDIENCE, the PURPOSE, the TOPIC and the THESIS in the article.
Next, make an argument if YOU think Obama has earned the Nobel Prize...why or why not? Defend your argument with EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Weekly Newspaper GRASPS, Week of October 5th
In last week's New York Times magazine, writer Benoit Lewis covered the challenges facing students who are "coming out in middle school". In the story, the writer interviews various students who are openly gay/homosexual at school, from the angle that students are braving harassment and misunderstanding on the part of their peers, in order to be themselves.
Please print and read, MAKE SURE YOU ANNOTATE, the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html
The assignment is for you to pull one quote from the text that you think is significant, or hits you. Something the author says, maybe a quote from a student, etc. Please type up the quote in your post and explain why you chose it, and answer the following question:
*Is the author accomplishing a form of rhetorical appeal with your quote? If so, explain. If not, what do you think the author IS trying to accomplish?
**NOTE: This article is 9 pages!! Don't only read the first page!!!
Please print and read, MAKE SURE YOU ANNOTATE, the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27out-t.html
The assignment is for you to pull one quote from the text that you think is significant, or hits you. Something the author says, maybe a quote from a student, etc. Please type up the quote in your post and explain why you chose it, and answer the following question:
*Is the author accomplishing a form of rhetorical appeal with your quote? If so, explain. If not, what do you think the author IS trying to accomplish?
**NOTE: This article is 9 pages!! Don't only read the first page!!!
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