If you have other questions, or would like more explanation to these, let me know and I'll do what I can for you.

Question: Basically, I need to watch to one of the ads and then support it with ch 3 and 4. I also need to base it on voter savvy list, right?.

Answer: Not quite right. You'll take an idea from chapter three or four and use it to kick off the essay, to create a context for discussing the video, to set up a claim about the video. You'll then use the savvy voter criteria to explain how the video does whatever the thesis claims it does. Check the sample essay as it does this fairly well. We were using a different book at the time, but I think you'll be able to see how it works.

Question: I read all the lectures that you posted yesterday several times and I am still trying to sort it out in my head. Basically, the idea is the same, thesis, intro, response and conclusion right? I didn't see anything on response, you mention body, it's the same right?

Answer: No, this one is different, so it's good you asked. the intro and thesis you are right about. You might write something such as campaign season is in full swing and anyone who watches television is about to be bombarded with campaign ads. Then you'll tie in an idea from the book that sets up a claim about a particular video.

Question: It seems so overwhelming, I am not very good in Politics :) and while> reading the chapters I have to reread several times until I understand. Once I understand then it flows easily.

Answer: Lots of people think there is something wrong if they have to re-read something. There's nothing further from the truth. Good readers are re-readers. I do it myself all the time with stuff that matters, even sometimes with stuff that doesn't if I can't make sense of what I'm reading. The danger is that many people think they should get it the first time, and that's the goal, but when encountering new information and new ideas and things you don't normally think about, re-reading is what makes the difference between kinda getting it and really getting it.

Question: basically I need to choose one of two chapters to work with. Then find an appropriate idea from that chapter that will support the video that I will be working on, is that right? Mostly though, I base my essay on Savvy Voter criteria and then blend a whole thing together to get my point across.

Answer: Yes, that's right.