Nicholas Carr Is Google Making Us Stupid

A well-organized essay of at least 500 words and not more than 800 in response to ONE of the following prompts:

A. From “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr (found on pages 789-802 in The Norton Field Guide): According to Nicholas Carr, what has been the effect of the internet on the way we read, think, and live? What evidence does he offer to support his claims? How does his discussion of the changes wrought by other technologies help him make his argument?

Write at least 500 words and not more than 800. • Use MLA format throughout your essay. • Give your essay an interesting and original title. • Include a brief summary of the source essay. Place this summary in the introduction or in the first body paragraph. • State an assertive, insightful, and responsive thesis in the last sentence of your introduction. • Integrate at least one correctly cited quotation or paraphrase from the source text into each of your paragraphs after the introduction. • Begin each body paragraph with a topic sentence that supports the thesis and that organizes the sentences which come after it in the paragraph. • Include MLA documentation. Note that an essay with missing or incorrect MLA documentation may not earn a passing grade. • Proofread your essay. Reread it to find any fragments, run-ons, subject/verb agreement errors, misspellings, or incorrect punctuation. Note that an essay with numerous errors in grammar may not earn a passing grade.