Consider the various perspectives on humor that we have read and discussed. Choose one question among the several that have arisen. To write your Summary & Synthesis essay, articulate a level-three question that you see highlighted in our course texts. Summarize and synthesize the conversation that three authors would have about this controlling question. A successful essay will be organized effectively around a clearly articulated question or idea; will summarize arguments concisely and accurately; will articulate clear connections between authors’ ideas; will make good use of textual evidence via quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing; and will be clearly written. Be sure that your introduction clearly identifies your controlling question which should start with the words (how or to what extent does..)and introduces the conversation about that question clearly and accurately. Then, create a conversation outline that puts the three authors in the order you will introduce them and articulates what each one will contribute to the conversation and why. In the intro introduce the title of the article, the author and what the article is about relating to your controlling question in three separate sentences for each article. In the body paragraphs make sure to specifically state when the authors agree with each other and where they disagree with each other. In other words when they diverge and converge.
These are the articles:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-so-funny-the-science-of-why-we-laugh/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01495/full
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/520942616
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