Question

Consider the various perspectives on humor that we have read and discussed. Choose one question among the several that have arisen. To write your Summary & Synthesis essay, articulate a level-three question that you see highlighted in our course texts. Summarize and synthesize the conversation that three authors would have about this controlling question. (The controlling question is “How does a joke positively or negatively affect different society groups or different people from different cultural backgrounds ”, and you can modify this question appropriately to make a more open-ended question. ) 

 A successful essay will be organized effectively around a clearly articulated question or idea; will summarize arguments concisely and accurately; will articulate clear connections between authors’ ideas; will make good use of textual evidence via quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing; and will be clearly written.