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Questions about "Did NASA Fake the Moon Landing" by Ray Villard  p. 76 The Curious Reader

  1. What kinds of research did Ray Villard most likely do to write the article (He doesn’t use internal citations or a works cited page because journalists don’t; academics have to. But he had to do research, nevertheless.)
  2. What does the thesis statement of this essay seem to be? Where do you find it?
  3. How does Villard structure his essay? It must have a structure, or you wouldn’t be able to follow it.
  4. Did you find this essay convincing? Why or why not? How does the author establish his point of view? Give examples fromo the text that help explain your answers to these two questions. 
  5. Project 3, which is still a few weeks away, requires you to provide your own topic, and to prepare for this, you should consider and keep a file of topics/questions that you might wish to tackle. What other "cultural truths" might be called into question?