Complete a one-page single-spaced paper in which you 1) identify and describe the topic of interest 2) offer a pertinent and lively example of the topic from your own life, and 3) provide scholarly analysis of your example.
Each analysis assignment should revolve around an example from your own life; be it something that you have read, seen, heard, watched, smelled, or otherwise experienced that relates to the specified persuasive topic. The analyses should demonstrate that you are observing carefully and thinking critically about how to apply the topics learned in class to outside examples.
Details:
- Your paper should have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.
- Please BOLD all course concepts that you use in your analysis
- Aim to incorporate between 6-12 course concepts in your analysis
- Assignments should be typed, single-spaced, and 1 full page in length.
- Edit your paper carefully for grammar, word choice, punctuation, spelling, etc.
- Organize your thoughts carefully. For each new idea, you should have a new paragraph.
- Provide clear transitions between paragraphs.
Course concepts:
Laugh track, Social proof, Click, whirr, Pluralistic ignorance, Groupthink, Bystander effect, Uncertainty, Similarity, Product description, & Decreased personal responsibility
I’ve provided two example to give you a clearer understanding of what the assignment should look like.
