Paper 4 Outline

Gerald Lappay

RWS 100

Professor Werry

December 4, 2014

Final Paper Outline

Introduction

·         Introduce Thompson & Carr (condense from introductions on previous papers)

·         Allude to personal argument

·         “I will summarize Thompson & Carr’s views on the internet and present my personal opinions based on my own speculation”.

Body Paragraph 1 [Carr Says]

·         The internet negatively affects cognitive function

·         We tend to skim (we don’t read long passages from beginning to end, word for word)

Body Paragraph 2 [Thompson Says]

·         The internet is great!

·         It promotes writing in many different ways (particularly: rhetoric & writing for an audience)

Body Paragraph 3 [I Say]

·         The internet is great! (But also harmful)

·         Carr is correct (somewhat)

o   Particularly about skimming, but let’s be honest, you don’t really read a passage beginning to end for information (key words here)

§  Internet lingo: “TL;DR”

·         Thompson is also correct (for the most part)

o   Rhetorical writing, The Audience Effect, etc.

§  Certain Internet Publications & Mediums (See: reddit, Kotaku, [arguably] Buzzfeed, etc.)

§  Forums