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The New Writing with a Purpose, Fourteenth Edition
Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
End-of-Chapter Activities
Chapter 6: Common Methods of Development

  1. Evaluate the five pairs of websites listed below. Describe briefly the strategies each site uses to develop its message. Which site in each pair is more effective? Why? Would you use a different approach on any of them? Explain.

    Pair One

    Kentucky Fried Chicken
    http://www.kfc.com/about/animalwelfare.htm

    Kentucky Fried Cruelty
    http://www.kfccruelty.com

    Pair Two

    Got Milk?
    http://www.gotmilk.com

    Milk Sucks
    http://www.milksucks.com

    Pair Three

    Americans for Medical Progress
    http://www.ampef.org

    Stop Animal Tests
    http://www.stopanimaltests.com

    Pair Four

    AnimalScam
    http://www.animalscam.com

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
    http://www.peta.org

    Pair Five

    Cattleman's Beef Board Consumer Website
    http://www.itswhatsfordinner.com

    Meat.org
    http://www.meat.org

  2. Choose one pair of websites from the five pairs listed in Activity 1, and write an essay countering the argument or image presented by one of the sites in that pair. Compare your essay with that of a classmate who took the opposite position. Do you use similar or different methods of development in your essays?


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