Exploring Renewable Energy Technologies

Sarita, a student of FOUN1001: English for Academic Purposes, spent the first five weeks of the course studying the nature of academic writing, sentence structure, as well as how to construct topic sentences and thesis statements within the parameters of the Analysis by Division Method, and the Classification Method of expository writing. For her first assignment, Sarita was tasked to write a mini-essay on one of the following topics:
a. Describe three components of wind energy technology.
OR
b. Discuss three categories of renewable energy technologies.

 

Persuasive Strategies Used in a Superbowl Commercial

Flnd a commercial on YouTithe, post it in the discussion board and then answer the following questions about persuasive strategies used in it.
1. What do you notice about how these commercial appeals to an audience?
2. Who might the intended audience be? How do you know?
3. How would you compare and contrast the appeals and strategies employed in the commercial?
4. Why is the commercial effective and why? Hint: Superbowl commercials are always clever and the most elaborate.