Day 8 blog

Discuss the appeal of the movie Juno. Why, in your opinion, is the movie a break-out surprise hit? What elements contribute to the movie's appeal?

Blog 7

Please choose one of the following topics (all have to do with "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Shulman) and write a 1-2 page blog on it. You may work with a partner if you wish. Please include both of your names if you choose to do so).

1. Please analyze the artistic features of "Love is a fallacy" by Max Shulman from four aspects (lexical, syntactic, rhetorical, and discourse analysis), and examine how these techniques help reveal the stylistic beauty of the essay as well as the personalities of the three characters.

2. Please summarize the theme and sub-theme of this story and then offer your opinion on the author's purpose, audience, and methodology.

3. Please compare "Love is a Fallacy" to "Plato's Cave" and reveal how Shulman uses humor to explore similar thematic content as focused on in the latter.

4. Please discuss how "Love is a Fallacy" utilizes logical fallacies to make its points.

Day 6 blog

Decribe "Socrates'" guide to life, as depicted in the movie The Peaceful Warrior. Do you agree with some of his philosophical views? Which ones?

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Critical Thinking Midterm
Please copy and paste this midterm into a word document and complete it and email it to me. Please do not post your answers here.

Part 1: Analysis and Evaluation (25 points)

Please choose a "This I Believe" essay from the following link, or any NPR "This I Believe" essay and summarize it. Then tell what methods the author uses to make his or her point. Also, what do you think of the essay overall? Share your analysis and evaluation.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138

Utopia

Please post your version of Utopia if you would like to share it....

Day 10 blog

No posting required!

Day 7 blog

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Day 5 blog

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Day 3 blog

Write your own review of the movie The Great Debaters.

Day 2 blog

Do some research about the true story upon which the movie The Great Debaters is based. What happened? Explain, in your own words, in about a page or so double-spaced.

Day 4 blog

For today's blog, please research and analyze different U.S. presidential candidates' uses of the internet to promote themselves. Which candidates do you think best utilized or are best utilizing this technology? Why do you think this? Your blog should be about a page long, double-spaced. Be sure and note research sources you use, although you don't have to formally cite them.

Day 1 blog

Welcome class! For today's blog, please go to the book's companion website at bedfordstmartins.com/barnetbedau and register as a student. Please write down your username (school or home email) and password so you don't forget them. The instructor email is khofheimer@ecpi.edu. Then, click on top links and choose "technology." Choose one of the sites or articles to critically assess. Your assessment serves as blog 1. It should be about a page double-spaced. You might want to type it in Word and save it to your h-drive just so you don't accidentally lose it while composing it. If your selection is an argument, you may want to refer to page 92 in our text, "A Checklist for Aanalyzing an Argument" for some questions to ask yourself about what you read. Have fun and be both critical and creative!