Shaping Identity Unit
our essay assignment to wrap up the Shaping Identity Unit is to create your own thesis statement/argument statement, based on one or more of the links you read and watched last week (from The Critical Media Project). You are free to check out related links on the site, or elsewhere on the web, but be sure to reference the link you started with. The site tries its best to remain neutral, though you may discern some amount of bias simply in the site choosing to highlight certain examples from the media. Some of these have been in the news recently, so you may already have an opinion you would like to explain. YOU don′t have to be neutral. In fact, I expect a strong position. But part of your grade for this essay will be based on how you handle potential opposition to your point of view or basic argument. We have spent the entire semester creating arguments, taking positions, defending claims, and anticipating opposition.[unique_solution] This is your chance to bring it all together. Remember: if reasonable people cannot disagree about something, it′s hardly worth arguing about (or writing about). This essay is not a research paper, though you can refer to pop culture and to current events. I am most interested in how you use the ″starters″ from The Critical Media Project and connect them to your own life experiences, and how you create an argument that makes sense based on all that. The word count for this essay is 800-1,000 words, which is a bit longer than most of your writing this semester. The hope is that you can remain focused on a clear position, a clear argument, but need some extra space to include your own stories, your own anecdotes, and observations. http://www.criticalmediaproject.org/ Choose one of the topics from this website and write an argumentative essay on whether you agree with it or not. Pick from the recently added dropdown menu.
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