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(Gallows Humor in Medicine) writer looks at the connection between humor and dark subjects such as death and illness in the day to day lives of physicians. Is it even appropriate to use humor in these types of settings? Can humor help doctors continue to do their jobs? What is it like to be around death and illness on a daily basis? What are the boundaries of humor? How far is too far? These are just some of the thought provoking questions that this piece raises. you will summarize and respond to Watson?s article ?Gallows Humor in Medicine.?
In a complete academic essay, explain what role humor plays in the lives of medical professionals according to Watson. What response do you have to her position? How would you answer the question at the end of the article: should they joke?
To fully answer these questions, you should pull ideas from Watson by paraphrasing, summarizing, or quoting, and you can support your thesis by including your own personal experience and observations. If you do quote or paraphrase, you must include an internal citation?the page number in parenthesis at the end of the quote, and you must include a Works Cited page where you document the essay by Watson using MLA style. Additionally, you are welcome to say ?I? when you talk about your own experience. The final draft should have all of the parts of an academic essay: an introduction paragraph with a thesis, several focused body paragraphs with clear topic sentences, and a conclusion paragraph. The length should be 4 to 5 pages. Things to Shoot For
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A clear, specific thesis statement in the introduction paragraph that directly connects to the prompt (the part in bold). In this essay, it states your response to Watson?s perspective about gallows humor
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Multiple body paragraphs that follow an organizational strategy
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Body paragraphs that each focus on one specific subtopic related to the thesis; that subtopic is clear in each body paragraphs topic sentence
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Clear explanations of the key concepts from the reading
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Body paragraphs that accurately summarize the reading and state and support your opinion from the thesis
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A carefully proofread final draft that is generally free of distracting and confusing sentence-level errors and correctly cites the reading you?ve used Tips for Success
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Complete the assigned reading homework and some prewriting
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