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ENC1101--Amusing Ourselves to Death Reading Assignment. Posted on November 16, 2022. Due on December 2, 2022.


By December 2, 2022, you should have read through page 80 (Part I) in Amusing Ourselves to Death (The book is at the back of the room. Do not take these books from the classroom. There is a link to an electronic version below.) Be sure to create fifty questions and answers (with textual support and page citations). Your questions and answers should be written in complete sentences. As usual, you should have an MLA document of questions and answers printed out in your binder and an electronic copy on your laptop. You could have a test on the day this assignment is due or any day after.

To find a copy of Amusing Ourselves to Death online, click here: https://quote.ucsd.edu/childhood/files/2013/05/postman-amusing.pdf. Part Two of this book starts on page 59 in the electronic textbook. You are responsible for Part One only. To know what page number you are reading in the electronic textbook, look at the top, above the copies of the pages (aligned with the left margin of the pages).

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