In an essay of about 1000 words (including a summary of about 200-250 words), summarize and respond to Jean Twenge’s article, “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”
As with any essay, you need an introduction that contains a thesis/claim, well-developed body paragraphs that support that claim, and a conclusion. You will need to use proper in-text attribution and documentation, including summary and paraphrase with no plagiarism, accurate quotations (if used), and a correctly documented list of Works Cited on a separate page, in the same file, at the end of the document.
Your strong response will be a blended response, consisting of a rhetorical critique as well as an ideas critique and possibly some reflection. That is, you’ll consider the writer’s rhetorical strategies (use of logos, ethos, pathos), your own agreement and/or disagreement with the writer’s ideas (with support for your ideas, of course), and your response to the text (for example, its larger implications, questions it raises, etc.). Consider your response as your analysis and discussion of how the article tries to influence its readers rhetorically and how your thinking about and working with the article and its ideas have altered your thinking about the topic.
When you put your summary and response together, you may find that you want to revise and/or edit your summary so that it fits with the new purpose and becomes a coherent part of the longer essay. You will certainly need a new introductory paragraph that incorporates your claim/thesis about the article.
Include citations of the article and your textbook where appropriate.
