Create Your Own Synthesis Prompt (The Great Hack)
Goal: Create your own synthesis prompt using a central argument presented in The Great Hack.
While Watching
Watch the film and identify main arguments
Make note of any fallacies, biases, misleading or incomplete evidence
Make note of rhetorical choices used throughout the film.
After Watching
When we are done watching the documentary, complete the following steps with your group.
Identify a central argument you would like to focus on.
Gather a variety of additional sources that could be used to support or challenge the argument.
Use these synthesis prompts as a model and create a synthesis prompt that asks the writer to defend, challenge, or qualify an argument that is presented by Karim Amer (director) in The Great Hack