Blogger Entry #3: Social Issue Break-Down

Due: Wednesday, Sept. 30th

1. Pick a social problem/issue that you are interested in  (ex: hunger, poverty, ageism, alcoholism, bullying, spousal abuse... for more examples of contemporary social issues check out: 
1. http://lib.guides.umd.edu/c.php?g=326995&p=2194601
2. http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005018778.html  
3. topics list under handouts  
2. Select a text that has to do with your social issue
1. ex: article, book, show, movie, commercial, ad, speech, poem, building, etc. 
3. Write a paragraph response about your text.  This can be any kind of response
1. ex: summary, why you chose it, what you liked about it, why it caught your interest, what it made you think of or realize, etc. 
4. Break it Down
1. Genre
2. Topics
3. Rhetorical Strategies *include examples

CHALLENGE:   write your paragraph using the double-voice technique   .... this is optional