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"The Ways We Lie"

Stephanie Ericsson

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Paraphrase this statement

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"Our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible to us as water is to fish" (BBR 355).

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Think Critically

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What is Ericsson's PURPOSE for writing this essay?

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According to Ericcson, what is the relationship between the everyday lie and the big lie?

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Thesis VS Purpose

  • THESIS-
  • The central idea in a work of writing

“What is the main idea of this essay?"

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  • PURPOSE - A writer’s REASON for trying to convey their idea (thesis)

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“Why did the writer write this?”

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Thesis (main idea)

The lies we tell in everyday life, however seemingly unimportant and even necessary, cause us to lose our sensitivity to larger more damaging lies.

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Analyze

Topic / Subject

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Main idea about the Topic/ subject

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Purpose

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Group Assignment

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How does Ericsson use the methods of EXAMPLE and DEFINITION to support her CLASSIFICATION? Which definitions are clearest? What examples are the most effective? Why?

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Come up with 1 ICE chunk to support this.

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