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1、Beowulf:BIASANDPROPAGANDATodayandtomorrowinclass,youwillworkwithyourgroupstoanalyzethepropagandaandbiasinthepoemBeowulfinordertoassessifandhowthepoemrepresentspropaganda.YouwillcompileyournotesonthishandoutinordertoprepareforTuesday’sgradeddiscussion,whichwillconsistoftwopar
2、ts:1)whetherornotthepoemshouldbeconsideredinacademicstudy;2)whetherornot(andhow)thepoemrepresentsaworkofpropaganda.ThediscussionTuesdaywill,therefore,betwodiscussionsinone—butyoumayfindthatthesetwotopicsareinterconnected.Withyourgroups,readthroughthefollowinginformationandre
3、spondwheredirected.Thisdocument,alongwiththeBeowulfchartyoucreatedthisweek,willserveasyournotesforthediscussiononTuesday.Homework:1.PrepareforgradeddiscussiononTuesday.2.Prepareformultiple-choicetestonBeowulfcominguponThursdayfor1XM.Studyallcharts/notes/reread,etc.3.Addtovoc
4、abularyentriesasneeded.Writer’sNotebooksdueOctober30thfor1XM.DetectingBiasBias- Showingapreferenceforonethingaboveanother.Todetectbias,considerthefollowingquestions:Doestheauthorseemtofavor,orlike,somethingsmorethanothers?Doestheauthorseemtodisfavor,ordislike,somethingsmoret
5、hanothers?Whenyouarereadingforbias,itisimportantforyoutoknowtheauthor’sattitudeortone.Sometimes,theauthordoesn’ttellyouhisorherposition.Youhavetodiscoveritbyanalyzingthewordchoice,ordiction,carefullytoseewhatmeaningtheauthorisimplying.Todothis,lookforwordsthatshowthatthewrit
6、ingisbiasedbytheauthor’sfeelingsand/orbeliefs/values.Checktoseewhethertheauthorhaspresentedenoughevidenceandwhethertheevidencegivenisreliableandconvincing.AnswerthefollowingquestionsinregardtoBeowulftodetectpotentialbiasinthepoem:1.Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwriting?(topersua
7、de,entertain,inform,explain)2.Doestheauthorusewordsthatconveyemotion?Citethreeexamplesof“emotionallycharged”wordsfromthepoem.3.Explainwhetherornottheconnotationoftheseemotionallychargedwordsispositiveornegative.4.Inwhatcasesdoesthepoetusepositivediction,andinwhatcasesdoesthe
8、poetusenegativediction?Citethreeexamplesforeach.5.Isthepoembalancedtowardsi
