ENGL 505A

Here is my computer class assignment.
Maria Granic-White

Computer Assignment

1. Class exercise: Have students watch the video “Cry for Help: Stop Mutations in Rift Valley!” on Youtube.com.
2. Discuss with them the rhetorical devices in the video and have them identify the audience of the video.
3. Have them utilize a handout in which they check the appropriate boxes and comment bellow the table:

Questions V SO N
Was the thesis/ main idea of the topic clear?
Was the argument logical?
Did the presenter have good ethos?
Were contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity used well?
Were the visuals well-coordinated with the presentation?
Were the media used in the presentation appropriate?
Is the information useful to you?

4. Have students work in groups in order to decide:
a. what kind of paper(s) they could write departing from the video;

b. what key terms they may utilize for the search engine;

c. what their goals in writing the paper would be;

d. and who their audience would be.