Week Work Assignment The goal of this DQ is to use your growing critical thinking skills to evaluate a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theories are a growing phenomenon, encouraged by social media and increasingly partisan politics, and therefore it is important for us to develop skills to evaluate their rationality and plausibility. Watch the following video […]
Write a two-page analysis of the rhetoric devices (pathos, logos, ethos) used in the video.
Video analysis Paper This link is to a video made in the 1950s. It is about the prominent conspiracy theory of that time–the threat of communism taking over the world. Write a two-page analysis of the rhetoric devices (pathos, logos, ethos) used in the video. Also discuss the different devices used, and proving that the […]
In your opinion,discuss if there is such a thing as a harmless conspiracy theory?Give explanation to Why, or why not?
In your opinion,discuss if there is such a thing as a harmless conspiracy theory?Give explanation to Why, or why not?
Write a cause-and-effect essay in which you explain what led you to accept this theory as true.
Visit one of the many conspiracy theory sites on the web, and skim some of the theories described there. Identify one theory that you think makes sense. Then, write a cause-and-effect essay in which you explain what led you to accept this theory as true (or at least plausible).
What is a conspiracy theory?
Slide One: Title, Heading with your name, class and date Slides Two-: What is a conspiracy theory? Make sure you clearly explain it to the audience. Quote from the Brooks or Jimenez article in this slide. Slide Three through Five: Explain the conspiracy theory that you are going to present. What does it maintain? What […]