Length: 2 -3 pages, double spaced
Due: Weds. March 16, at 8am the day of the final exam
You were provided a group presentation paper to critique. In this paper you will refute the claims made by another group using either fallacies, weaknesses, and/ or refute their argument by presenting your own claim. In this paper you are given a loose guideline to follow so that you can demonstrate the skills you have learned in class - will you choose to identify fallacies? will you identify fallacies and explore weaknesses?
The paper must be in essay format (intro, body, conclusion) In the intro you should provide me with a summary of the paper so I first and foremost know what paper you are refuting and in the conclusion I would like to have you include your opinion on the piece (was it effective despite teh flaws?)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Critique # 1
Commercial Critique - how fun!
Pick any commercial from the past three years (no later) and apply some of the concepts we have discussed in class. Look at Monroe's Motivated Sequence and illustrate how the commercial does or does not fulfill each stage. Remember when you created a commercial in groups? You had to gain attention, establish a need, provide a solution for that need, create satisfaction, visualize the outcome of your solution and call the audience to action. You can identify each of these steps in the commercial, if the commercial lacks a step determine why or why not it negatively effects the message or provide an idea that they could have used to fulfill said step. You may also chose to apply Toulmin's model to the commercial and determine the claim/ground/warrant/etc.
Aside from analyzing the artifact using concepts discussed in class, you must also include a brief description of the commercial (this should be your introduction) and lastly, include your personal opinion on the commercial (this should be your conclusion), was it effective? yes or no, why or why not? How would you change it? Did you think it included fallacies? Do you think it was discriminatory? and so on.
An A paper will look beyond what they want you to see and see what others overlook - LOOK there!
The paper will be 2 - 3 pages double spaced, 12 point font, 1" margins, MLA or APA format for citations.
Due on Wednesday , Feb. 23 at Midnight emailed to: Stamayo@calstatela.edu NO late papers
If you have questions - email me.
Pick any commercial from the past three years (no later) and apply some of the concepts we have discussed in class. Look at Monroe's Motivated Sequence and illustrate how the commercial does or does not fulfill each stage. Remember when you created a commercial in groups? You had to gain attention, establish a need, provide a solution for that need, create satisfaction, visualize the outcome of your solution and call the audience to action. You can identify each of these steps in the commercial, if the commercial lacks a step determine why or why not it negatively effects the message or provide an idea that they could have used to fulfill said step. You may also chose to apply Toulmin's model to the commercial and determine the claim/ground/warrant/etc.
Aside from analyzing the artifact using concepts discussed in class, you must also include a brief description of the commercial (this should be your introduction) and lastly, include your personal opinion on the commercial (this should be your conclusion), was it effective? yes or no, why or why not? How would you change it? Did you think it included fallacies? Do you think it was discriminatory? and so on.
An A paper will look beyond what they want you to see and see what others overlook - LOOK there!
The paper will be 2 - 3 pages double spaced, 12 point font, 1" margins, MLA or APA format for citations.
Due on Wednesday , Feb. 23 at Midnight emailed to: Stamayo@calstatela.edu NO late papers
If you have questions - email me.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
COMM 176 first paper
Paper Length: 3 -4 pages double spaced, 1" margins, ariel or times new roman 12 point font, No cover page, works cited does not count towards the page requirement and is required for informaiton citation, MLA or APA format.
Directions: Last class in groups you decided what controversial topic you would like to pursue. Your groups were divided into two groups (pro vs. con/support vs. opposition) you were then instructed to create 3 - 4 main arguments for which you would construct your paper (ideally there are 3 - 4 people in your group and you can delegate an argument each which should be a typed, double spaced paper page length each, thus your 3 -4 page requirement already met!) Each person is to be responsible for contributing to the paper, however this is a group project so you will be graded as a group.
Next week I will allow you to meet with your group members to go over your arguments. From there, one group member shall volunteer to take all the arguments home and write an intro and a conclusion and tidy up the paper so that it is a cohesive paper - in other words, I do not want 3 - 4 different papers (arguments) turned in to me when the paper is due. Each group should present me with one unifed paper, one unified viewpoint.
Due date: Wednesday, Jan. 26 at the start of class.
You will also be required to orally present your argument to the class and participate in a small debate with the opposition.
Directions: Last class in groups you decided what controversial topic you would like to pursue. Your groups were divided into two groups (pro vs. con/support vs. opposition) you were then instructed to create 3 - 4 main arguments for which you would construct your paper (ideally there are 3 - 4 people in your group and you can delegate an argument each which should be a typed, double spaced paper page length each, thus your 3 -4 page requirement already met!) Each person is to be responsible for contributing to the paper, however this is a group project so you will be graded as a group.
Next week I will allow you to meet with your group members to go over your arguments. From there, one group member shall volunteer to take all the arguments home and write an intro and a conclusion and tidy up the paper so that it is a cohesive paper - in other words, I do not want 3 - 4 different papers (arguments) turned in to me when the paper is due. Each group should present me with one unifed paper, one unified viewpoint.
Due date: Wednesday, Jan. 26 at the start of class.
You will also be required to orally present your argument to the class and participate in a small debate with the opposition.
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