This scene from Monty Python is full of rhetorical fallacies.
Which fallacies are used? Why are they fallacies?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Salon review of Boardwalk Empire
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/boardwalk_empire/index.html?story=/ent/tv/feature/2010/10/11/boardwalk_empire_al_capone
How is this review working to make its point?
Is it effective?
What underlying criteria does the author seem to have?
How is this review working to make its point?
Is it effective?
What underlying criteria does the author seem to have?
Roger Ebert, movie review
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101006/REVIEWS/101009985/0/RSS
How is this review working to make its point?
What underlying criteria does Ebert have?
Do you think this is an effective evaulation?
How is this review working to make its point?
What underlying criteria does Ebert have?
Do you think this is an effective evaulation?
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Video Games and War
War Games, NY Times Magazine
How does this story start? Ie what's its lede or hook? Is it effective?
Where and how does the author tell you why this is relevant now?
What are the most memorable details in this story? Where do you think the author got these details from?
How does this story start? Ie what's its lede or hook? Is it effective?
Where and how does the author tell you why this is relevant now?
What are the most memorable details in this story? Where do you think the author got these details from?
Fashion Designer Profiles
Jason Wu, NY Times
Twisted Sisters, New Yorker via Juxtapoz
Read one or both of these profiles. How does the story you read start? Is this a good lede/hook/beginning? Why or why not?
Where and how does the author of this profile tell you why this story is revelant now?
What sorts of details are included about these people's lives? What are some of your favorite details? How do you think the author learned these details?
Twisted Sisters, New Yorker via Juxtapoz
Read one or both of these profiles. How does the story you read start? Is this a good lede/hook/beginning? Why or why not?
Where and how does the author of this profile tell you why this story is revelant now?
What sorts of details are included about these people's lives? What are some of your favorite details? How do you think the author learned these details?
Bedbugs!
Bedbugs in Boston, NY Times
How does this story start. (Ie what is the hook, the lede?) Is this an effective beginning to a report? Why or why not?
Where and how does this story tell you why this topic is relevant now? Is it effective?
What is the best detail/piece of evidence you can find in this story? What will you remember tomorrow? Where do you think the author got this detail?
How does this story start. (Ie what is the hook, the lede?) Is this an effective beginning to a report? Why or why not?
Where and how does this story tell you why this topic is relevant now? Is it effective?
What is the best detail/piece of evidence you can find in this story? What will you remember tomorrow? Where do you think the author got this detail?
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Hip Hop Should be Taught in School
Do your best to analyze this piece from Campus progress. What is the exigence/issue that caused this blog post to be written? Is this a report, proposal or a profile? What types of information did the writer use for this story? Where do you think he/she got it from? Is this a good example of student writing? Why or why not?
Hip Hop in school
Hip Hop in school
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