A public service announcement (PSA) is like an advertisement that informs us about something important. The purpose of a PSA is to benefit the public by raising awareness about an issue or topic.
Watch these public service announcements first to get an idea of what a PSA is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x-KaVwUpNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmLoUDFIHY
1. Create the PSA flyer
In this assignment, you will choose a single fiction story from the list below, analyze the story, and create a PSA flyer on a single theme from your analysis (see the example attached to the directions). You will not include the story title or author in the flyer; this is not a book report cover. The flyer focuses only on the theme and adheres to the purpose of a PSA.
Fiction story options/choose only one:
Ambush
Everything Stuck to Him
A Worn Path
The Turtle
Winter Dreams
In Another Country
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The Rockpile
Everyday Use
The Life You Save May Be Your Own
A Rose for Emily
Your PSA flyer should:
2. Compose your response about the PSA flyer
On page 2 of your Word document, write a paragraph of 7 sentences that explains the theme’s connection to the story and why this is a topic that is important for the world to understand.
Paragraph structure:
First sentence: Topic sentence identifying theme’s connection and naming the story’s title and author
Second sentence: Evidence for the theme
Third sentence: Explanation of the evidence
Fourth sentence: Identify why the PSA topic is important for the public’s awareness
Fifth sentence: Evidence for importance
Sixth sentence: Explanation of the evidence
Seventh sentence: Summary sentence
3. Reference your sources to avoid plagiarism and copyright issues
Below your paragraph include your 2 information sources and 2 image sources in APA format.
Below is the format to use for each website information source:
Author’s last name, Author’s first initial. (year the article was written). Title of article. Retrieved add date and include full and accurate URL
Example:
Jones, C. (2016). Basics of the workplace. Retrieved December 14, 2016, fromhttp://www.jones.com/basicsworkplace/
If you cannot locate the author, use the organization’s name in the author spot:
Workplace, Incorporated. (2016). Basics of the workplace. Retrieved December 14, 2016, from http://www.jones.com/basicsworkplace/
Below is the format to use for each website image source:
Artist or Author. (Year of image creation). Description or title of image [Image format]. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Example:
Smith, L. (2016). Vietnam War Soldier [Photograph]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.PTSD.com/signsandsymptoms/
See the example PSA flyer attached. The example PSA flyer is based on Jack London’s To Build a Fire that you read in Part 1 of the course. In To Build a Fire, the themes present are man versus nature and the main character’s arrogance. The PSA illustrates these themes by noting the life-threatening danger of hypothermia and how to educate ourselves (listening to the experts) and to plan ahead and prepare. When you analyze your chosen story, remember that summary is not analysis. To create the PSA, you must focus on a dominant theme(s) from the story’s analysis.