The exam will be divided into two sections. In the first part, you will write a three paragraph letter in which you first introduce and explain why you are writing the letter, second explain the key points you have to make related to the topic, and thirdly explain the relevance of the topic. You will have 45 minutes to write this letter. There will be two topics and you can choose from one:
1/ Read Neil Postman’s essay “Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change.” After reading the essay, choose ONE of the five ideas that he presents and write to him explaining how it relates to the specific technologies that you have been doing research on.
2/ On the day of the exam, you will be given an advertisement that features the term and concept of technology prominently. Based on your analysis of this ad, you will write a letter to the organization using the advertisement in which you explain why there may be problems with how the term and conept of technology is used in the advertisement, the key issues that may arise in relation to this use, and the significance and implications of this use. Please make sure to cite evidence in your letter from both the readings that we have done for this class and the readings you have done for your research essay.
The second part of the exam will consist of a short reading that you will be asked to answer some questions about.
To prepare for this exam, please review the following materials:
Your reading notes on the essays from _Technology: A Reader for Writers_
Your class notes
Your course assignments (completing GA8/GA9 will also help tremendously in preparing for the exam)
Introduction to Summary Writing
