Test, November 14

Presentations are canceled. We will have a test on Monday, November 14.

Test One, Mass Media

Total of twenty points.

Definitions

I will give you twenty definitions (.25 points each), for a total of 5 points. You will have to give a definition and use it in a sentence. These definitions will be taken from the book and from slides. No word bank. No multiple choice.

Example Question: Lead

The first sentence in a work of journalism

The lead summarized all of the article’s main points.

Essay Answer #1

You will identify a quote from one of the following articles. You should write the author’s name and the title, and be able to explain the genre, medium, and occasion, for each of them. (5 points) You should also discuss how the quote fits into the article and what the strengths and weaknesses of the article are.

The articles that will be used are below. You can read and prepare before the test!

"Once Upon a Time in Damascus"

"Depression's Upside" by Jonah Lehrer

"The Possibilian" by Burkhard Bilger

Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open'

Example Question: "This radical idea — the scientists were suggesting that depressive disorder came with a net mental benefit — has a long intellectual history." Where is this quote from? Discuss the article.

Essay Question #2

You will respond to a prompt that has been previously discussed in class, for a total of 5 points.

Example Question: What are the strengths and weaknesses for long-form journalism?

Long-form journalism includes articles that are longer than 5,000 words. These articles take a subject like the Arab Spring in the Middle East and go into greater detail than newspaper articles. The “I” voice is used, so that can provide information that is left out of “he” voice articles. Also, some readers will not read long-form journalism, because they don’t think the subject needs that much attention.

Essay Question #3

Answer a question regarding your assigned work of journalism (5 points).

The question might be one of the following:

What is the political importance of your assigned work of journalism?

Why should someone in 2011 know about your work of journalism?

What would have happened differently historically, if your work of journalism had not been created?

What is the social importance of your work of journalism?

Reading Assignment, Mass Media, October 19

We have three reading assignments for our class on op-ed articles:

Profanity in the Post

The Op-Ed Project

America's growing anti-intellectualism (Al-Jazeera)

Oral-Aural Skills

Presentation Schedule

English 213, Section 1

Philosophy of Aesthetics 1. __ayat kamal

2. kafa alasaed

3. dania smadi

4. ekram alghoul

5. shatha yousef

History of the Netherlands 1. __ibrahim manasrah

2. marwa Hassan karusheh

3. ___farah mohammad____

4. sawsan

5. ali aldebie

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1. maha smadi

2. Isra` al ankasouri

3. doha alharahsheh

4. walaa hussein

5. Israa__awad_

Liberalism, John Stuart Mill, and the Political Future

1. ameera malkawi

2. Muna abu sahyoun ___

2. haneen shaheen_

3. taqwa mohammagd

4. Eyad Zain

The Turin Test and Artificial Intelligence 1. Sajeda aljawarneh

2. leen hijazi

3. maya halboni

4. donia saif

5. dalya al rabadi

History of the National Football League 1. sereen muafaq abu aqula

2. eman mosa mohammad

3. nehaya ali magableh

4. malak abdallah

5. yazan abdula frehat

6. diaa sleman alkaldy

Italian Neorealist Cinema 1. ala'a mahmoud abd-latef

2. elham ahmad thyabat.

3. alaa khairi.

4. hadeel awad

5. Maram Jameel

The Science of Memory 1. alaa atef

2. walaa jazi

3. walaa barakat

History of Chocolate

4. raya ayoub

5. mimi oweis

6. Muhammad Sheab

7. Alaa Mahmood

American Science Fiction Movies (1920-2000)

1. manar jahmani

2.maram jahmani

3. lama mashhour

4. anatolia

5. jamelah rashdan

Post-Humanism

1. falak halbouni

2. saba abanda

3. reema khasawneh

4. majd abbassi

5. salem oweis

History and Methodology of Advertising

1. Sharook Asaheb

Vocabulary, Aural Skills

Vocabulary, October 6, 2011:

aristocracy

humid

slavery

submerge

consciousness

sympathetic

empathetic

resilient

fulfillment

travel

riddle

lie

prevarication

white lie

perjury

defamation

developmental psychology

infamously

paradox

deception

lFabric

Polyester

lTailored

Cotton

lBlouse

Put on

lTry on

Striped

lSecond-hand clothes

Pattern

lDress

Silk

lTake off

Homework, Mass Media, October 10, 2011

Please print out an article on Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. It can be an article in a mainstream magazine, a newspaper, a blog, or any other medium. This week's theme is "Alternative Mediums." I would like you to consider the relationships between journalism and 21st-century mediums, like blogs and email.

Key vocabulary:

whistle-blower

transparency

scandal

sunshine laws

freedom of information

corruption

activism

civil disobedience

hacktivism

The reading assignments for this week are:

Murder, Corruption, and the Beautiful Game

Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere

English for Mass Media: Presentation

You should read the work completely. You can do a Powerpoint, but this is not a requirement. The presentation must be no less than 10 minutes per person.

1.) Begin your presentation by covering the six categories that we've reviewed (occasion, subject, audience, genre, medium).

2.) Describe the historical situation. What was happening when the article was published?

3.) Explain the contemporary relevance of the article. For instance, did this work of non-fiction change a political or social situation?

4.) Tell us if you think this work is still relevant. Should we still be studying and reading it?

The topics are listed here:

http://everything2.com/title/Top+100+Works+of+Journalism+In+the+United+States+In+the+20th+Century

Oral-Aural Final Exam, August 24th

There will be a total of 40 questions, each one half a point. The thirty points on the written final exam, plus the ten points for the conversation in my office. All work has to be done by 5 pm on August 24th.

Fix this Expression! (5 pts.)

I will give you an incorrect Jordanian use of English, and you will need to rewrite the sentence correctly. Here is an example:

I went to college before two years.

Correction: I went to college two years ago.

Dialogue Section (5 pts.)

This section of the test will feature a dialogue between two speakers. The dialogue will be simple but will include vocabulary from the book. Here is an example, using vocabulary from page 2:

Jim: That movie was _________________.

Jane: I didn't care for the story, but I thought the actor was a _______________.

Jim: I heard he's not a nice guy. He's a __________________.

Fill in the definition (5 pts.)

I will give you ten words or phrases and you will have to write your own definition of each one. Here are examples:

No big deal __________________________________

Hang out _________________________________

can't stand ____________________________________

Plug it in (5 pts.)

I will give a complete sentence. Replace the underlined phrase with a colloquial phrase from the book. Here are examples:

We really need to pay attention and focus because we have to finish today.

She put on her long silk black dress and high heels for the dinner party.

If you're a messy person, you should get a house cleaner.

Secret Section (10 pts.)

This section will be a surprise essay question about a topic that we discussed in class. You should use appropriate vocabulary that you learned during this semester for full credit. For example, when we discussed revolution, we learned "foment" and "demonstration." For all ten points, you should use those two words and any other relevant vocab.