Mr Thomas — Lynden Christian High School English
They Say/I Say
Using the methods we worked on this week in class related to What is Truth, and The Spheres of Influence read the article Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? and write a conversational response that balances your argument with the article and 15,000,000 Tokens from Black Mirror.
Writing Instructions:
Answer Prompt:
Who/What Determins My Story?
Abbreviate the Classical Rhetorical Structure into one paragraph
- Introduction (2 sentences)
- Narration (one sentence that summarizes the voices being used)
- Partitition (Complex-Claim)
- Concession/Rebuttal (4-6 sentences, alternate between voices)
- Conclusion (why you’re right)