Length: 4-5 pages (approximately 1200-1500 words) Value: 150 points Assignment: Read Nicholas Carr's \"Is Google Making Us Stupid?\" from Chapter Nine in your book and evaluate the argument that Carr is making in their essay. You will evaluate the essay based on a set of criteria that will help determine the argument's effectiveness. Keep in mind that you are not stating whether you agree or disagree with Carr's argument, instead you are evaluating their skill as an author and determining whether or not Carr's argument is credible/convincing or not. Organization: Your essay will have the following four basic parts: I. Introduction that summarizes the context of what you are evaluating and provides a thesis with tension. A thesis with tension acknowledges that there are other points of view besides yours. However, it suggests that yours is the better view, and it suggests how you will be proving that your position is a reasonable one. II. Your body paragraphs will have three elements that needs to be included: A. An explanation of the criteria you will use to evaluate the essay. You need to identify each criteria as you use it and explain why it 1s important to your overall evaluation, B. Quotations from the essay used when needed to further support your evaluation, This will be used as evidence to help support your evaluation and criteria. C. An evaluation that synthesizes the information provided by the previous elements, showing your readers how the essay does or does not meet the criteria established by the previous elements. II. A paragraph dedicated to the opposing view of your evaluation. For example, if you believe the author did a good job in persuading their audience, then this paragraph would be dedicated to how the author did not do a good job in persuading their audience. Afier acknowledging the opposing viewpoint and arguing for it, you will then briefly explain why that view is incorrect. IV. A conclusion paragraph that summarizes your evaluation and indicates why your evaluation is important and correct. Audience: Your audience for this essay is the students in this class. In other words, they generally are people near to you in age and in college experience. However, do not assume that they have some familiarity with the text you are analyzing. It is up to you to provide them with the details necessary for them to be able to understand what the text says or looks like, to understand the importance of the text's subject, and to understand the rhetorical effectiveness of the text. You also need to explain each of the rhetorical elements so that they understand them the way you do. Format: This paper needs to be in proper MLA format. The header needs to follow the header provided in the syllabus. You will not have a Works Cited page as the essay has been provided for you. First and second person are not to be used. Assessment: Your essay will be evaluated based on the Shared Criteria for Evaluating Writing, This can be found in Section 5 of Resources for Compaosition at the University of South Alabama in Achieve