essay 102

A Brief Situational Statement:

In her “History of Fake News” article, Joanna Burkhardt lists a few hoax websites that might be used as “cautionary examples” of fake information on the internet. She says that using a “checklist of criteria to identify fake news websites [is] relatively easy.”

The steps of this exercise:

1. Visit one of the hoax websites Burkhardt cites ​or​ another “fake” article or website that you might find on your own.

2. Read chapter 52 in ​Rules for Writers​, paying particular attention to the information about evaluating sources online (pages 377-388)

3. Using the criteria explained in our book, explain how one could identify that website as a hoax.

Details of this exercise:

1. Use MLA format. Keep it under 2 double spaced pages.

Submit a 1-2 sentence thesis statement for the essay. I'm calling this a "working" thesis statement because the goal is to have a starting point. I will comment on it, so be sure to read the comments before you revise or decide to keep it.