Writing Options for Essay 3
Option 1: See Writing #5 on page 122 in which you argue if marketing campaigns are cynical or play more positive social roles. 5-page outline: Show the arguments that support the idea that marketing campaigns play positive social roles in 1 page. Then show the arguments that they are cynical and manipulative in 1 page. Then write a thesis: Marketing campaigns are cynical and manipulative/or play positive social roles [choose only one position] because of _______________, _________________, __________________, and ____________________. Your last 3 pages will flesh out your mapping components.
Option 2: Using Naomi Klein's essay and 2 other research sources, analyze the manner in which ad campaigns cynically take images of diversity and political consciousness and use those images to sell products. Be sure to use examples from companies that market their products in such a brazen manner.
Option 3: Write a defense or refutation of the Fox Network's suspense show 24. Specifically, address the charge that 24 encourages over-simplistic pro-torture policies in our post 9/11 world.
Option 4. Write a defense or refutation of US policy of torturing terrorist suspects as a way of improving national security. Be sure to show the arguments for both sides, in a about a page or 2, before proceeding with your argument and mapping components. Also be sure to include a minimum of 3 research sources.
A pro-torture thesis with concession clause might look like this:
While torture entails many abuses, torture is justified in certain situations, including _________________________, _____________________, ________________________, and _________________________.
An anti-torture thesis might look like this:
While the pro-torture debaters are good at drumming up all sorts of scary scenarios, their arguments for torture collapse under the weight of several fallacies, myths, and misconceptions, which include _____________________, ________________________, ________________________________, ________________________, and _____________________________.
Suggested Research Sources for Torture Topic:
Distorting the Law and Facts in the Torture Debate
The Dark Art of Interrogation,
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