ESSAY 3 FUNCTION: What should your essay accomplish?
The purpose of this essay is to evaluate and analyze the cost of globalization and colonization.
Present the argument for pros or cons of globalization through the critical lens of post-colonization theory.
Your thesis should answer if:
Does globalization help protect endangered languages? How does the use of endangered languages combat the loss in culture?
Or does globalization propel the extinction of diverse lingual communities? What happens to cultures when their languages die off?
ESSAY 3 READING LIST
Your essay must have a total of 4 sources:
2 critical lenses and
2 articles:
1 from Everything’s an Argument (Ernie Smith; John McWhorter; Jorge Encinas; Roxane Gay; The Power of Words; or United States Census) &
1 out of PDFs (Simon Gikandi; Jordan Pearson; Kirk Semple; Nicholas Ostler; or Rose Eveleth)
**You are welcome to select any 2 texts: from my offering and/or your own research.
ESSAY 3 Assignment Details:
In a well-developed, well-organized, minimum of six body paragraph essay, your thesis should address:
How does the writer from your selected essays employ rhetorical appeals [intertextuality, telos, ethos, pathos, logos, kairos] to “explore” the positive or negative consequences of endangered languages as a result of globalization via a post-colonial critical lens?
SAMPLE THESIS FORMAT = [Insert both Writer’s Full names and article titles] employ [list rhetorical devices: intertextuality, ethos, pathos, logos, kairos] effectively -or- ineffectively to demonstrate that [insert paraphrased forms of both writers’ thesis statements USE ANSWER KEY 2]. The critical lens of post-colonialism explains that the relationship between globalization and languages is [insert your argument – USE ANSWER KEY 1]. *NOTE: Your thesis statement may be up to 4 sentences maximum.
