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Opinion Column

Read the opinion column here

A:Respond to the questions below:

1. How does the text relate the Part 1 topic gender and Sexuality?
2. Comment on the effectiveness of the title of the article.
3. Identify and qualify the following : target audience. theme. purpose and text type.
4. Identify the language devices that have been used. What rhetorical appeals have been used and what effect has been achieved?
5. What is the tone of the article?
6. Does this text reinforce or criticize stereotypes?

Get Out the Popcorn

Watch the Movie The Intern and write an essay on Feminism and the Portrayal of Women in the movie or The Portrayal of Gender Roles in the movie.

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B: View the video and write a textual analysis.

Guiding questions

• Comment on the use and effect of stylistic devices, such as imagery and the first and second person
• How do you understand the purpose and provocative nature of this song? 

Your essay should have at least 1200 words. Due May 7th 


C: The media

Answer the following questions

1. What is media?
2. Types of media.
3. What can media change?
4. What would you say is the role of the media as a watchdog? Give reasons for your answer.

Learn the media vocabulary HERE

YOU WILL HAVE TO USE IT IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THE CARTOON BELOW.

Mike Tohy/The NewYorker Collection www.cartoonbank.com

Comment on the Mike Towy's presentation of the media. Consider the labeling on the trucks.