Pick from the texts we have analyzed in this unit: Nicholas Carr™s Is Google Making Us Stupid? Get Smarter by Jamais

Pick from the texts we have analyzed in this unit: Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” “Get Smarter” by Jamais Cascio, MLK’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” Jamaica Kincaid’s “The Ugly Tourist” or “The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie Ericsson and write a summary/response andadd a rhetorical analysis. Your job is to analyze and critique both the content and style of the artifact. You will discuss how the text is constructed, what rhetorical strategies it employs, and how effectively its argument is supported. This means it ispossible that you will agree with the content but find “holes” in the way those arguments are put together, or vice versa.

As you read the text, consider its rhetorical strategies (for example, how is it shaped to appeal to

a conservative or liberal, academic or business community audience? Etc.) and evaluate its

argument (for example, what are the underlying assumptions and beliefs on which the of

argument is based? Is the logic sound? Is the evidence accurate?). In your essay, you should

write about both the strengths and weaknesses of the text.

Helpful Reminders

the text attempts to persuade or convince you, i.e. through ethos, pathos, logos, etc.

Formatting

Be sure your essay is between 2-3 typed pages.  It should be in 12font/Times New Roman.