Week 2 Summary Assignmen
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Summary Assignment
Hector Diaz
DeVry University
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Summary Prewriting Theme: Technology
Topic: Texting and Driving
Title: Here's the Chilling 30 Second Ad about the Dangers of Texting and Driving That
Everyone Is Talking About.
Intended audience: Based on the publication, I thought the intended audience was for all demographics who occupy the road.
Writer’s background: Olivia B. Waxman is a reporter at TIME. An honors graduate of
Columbia Journalism School and Hamilton College, she has also written for The Daily Meal,
Talking Points Memo, and NY1 NEWS. She grew up in New York City.
Writer’s angle: Any example regarding texting and driving is arguable, especially in the subject of death when texting and driving is involved. No individuals would hold different views on the topic no matter what the demographics are.Any person that views the ad would have the same reaction as the writer. Basically, there would be no other side to this writer’s angle.
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Part 1: The onesentence summary
Olivia B. Waxman’s “Here's the Chilling 30 Second Ad about the Dangers of Texting and Driving That Everyone Is Talking About”, emphasizes awareness on the dangers of texting and driving. The ad depicts a fatal side collision in which three young Americans in a car are killed after the driver runs a stop sign and fails to see the truck coming from the side because she picked up her phone to answer a text.
Part 2: The oneparagraph summary Part 3: The multipleparagraph summary Part 4: Your reaction
The PSA ad that Olivia B. Waxman refers to a perfect scenario where most would relate to how texting while driving poses a threat to anyone who occupies the road. Additionally, I agree with Olivia B. Waxman view that although the texting and driving based public service announcements are increasingly becoming more
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Summary Assignment
Hector Diaz
DeVry University
TEMPLATE FOR SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT
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Summary Prewriting Theme: Technology
Topic: Texting and Driving
Title: Here's the Chilling 30 Second Ad about the Dangers of Texting and Driving That
Everyone Is Talking About.
Intended audience: Based on the publication, I thought the intended audience was for all demographics who occupy the road.
Writer’s background: Olivia B. Waxman is a reporter at TIME. An honors graduate of
Columbia Journalism School and Hamilton College, she has also written for The Daily Meal,
Talking Points Memo, and NY1 NEWS. She grew up in New York City.
Writer’s angle: Any example regarding texting and driving is arguable, especially in the subject of death when texting and driving is involved. No individuals would hold different views on the topic no matter what the demographics are.Any person that views the ad would have the same reaction as the writer. Basically, there would be no other side to this writer’s angle.
TEMPLATE FOR SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT
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Part 1: The onesentence summary
Olivia B. Waxman’s “Here's the Chilling 30 Second Ad about the Dangers of Texting and Driving That Everyone Is Talking About”, emphasizes awareness on the dangers of texting and driving. The ad depicts a fatal side collision in which three young Americans in a car are killed after the driver runs a stop sign and fails to see the truck coming from the side because she picked up her phone to answer a text.
Part 2: The oneparagraph summary Part 3: The multipleparagraph summary Part 4: Your reaction
The PSA ad that Olivia B. Waxman refers to a perfect scenario where most would relate to how texting while driving poses a threat to anyone who occupies the road. Additionally, I agree with Olivia B. Waxman view that although the texting and driving based public service announcements are increasingly becoming more