Taylor+Pestorius's+Mimics

Prompt #1 (agree/disagree)
 * The following comic strip is an adaptation of part of a foreword to media theorist Neil Postman's book, //Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business.// Consider the cartoonist Stuart McMillen's comparisons between the two novels, and the examples he used to describe his comparisons. Using your own basic understanding of //1984// and //Brave New World// and an understanding of the elements of modern society, write an essay arguing whether you agree or disagree with McMillen's claim that "Huxley, not Orwell, was correct".

Prompt #2 (argument)
 * The United State's modern school system is often criticized for its imperfect and what could be considered outdated methods. Choose a controversial element of the modern school system and argue a proposition of a change that will better the school as a whole, keeping in mind how things might change in the school if this element is changed.

Prompt #3 (rhetorical analysis)
 * Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation speech in January of 1863, an executive order issued as a Civil War measure. Read the speech and write an essay analyzing Lincoln's methods of strategy behind the orders presented in the speech.

Prompt #4 (synthesis)
 * Political correctness and modified speech have arose in today's society as a method to avoid striking nerves with words or phrases that could be perceived as offensive. But just what impact has this modified speech had on our society? Read each of the six sources and synthesize information from at least three of the sources. Write a strong, coherent essay describing negative and/or positive effects of political correctness on our society. Refer to sources as Source A, Source B, ect.
 * Source A
 * Source B
 * Source C
 * Source D
 * Source E
 * Source F