Outline is now worth 10 points, not 5 points, and you must be present in class on Thursday to collect those points.
In-class Essay test is cancelled.
Instead, I will offer the in-class essay test on "The Truth about Lying" and "Doublespeak" as an optional 20 point extra credit opportunity. The in-class extra-credit test will be "open book" so please bring a hard copy of the articles to class. No notebooks, no computers, no electronic devices.
email me at dbucci@cascadia.edu if you have questions.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Eng 101 Paper #4 (Video Analysis)
Eng 101 Paper #4 (Video Analysis)
2-4 pages. Double-spaced. Stapled. 50 Points.
Thesis due: Tue Jun 7
Outline due: Thu Jun 9
First draft due: Tue Jun 14
Final draft due:Thu Jun 16 (including outline, one copy of 1st draft, and peer reviews)
Analyze the film making tactics Michael Moore uses to make his argument in the documentary film "Bowling for Columbine." To persuade the audience of their point of view, filmmakers employ a very different set of rhetorical tools than prose writers. Choose several moments from "Bowling for Columbine," and analyze how the tactic(s) used in the example help Moore make his argument.
Consider the following tactics: Moore's use of music, interviews, stock film footage, broader social contexts, omissions of relevant details or information, autobiography, publicity stunts, humor, and celebrities, or try to incorporate some for the rhetorical strategies we've been analyzing in our Ad Analysis and Text Analysis papers. How does he use these specific film making tactics to convince his audience of his point?
Instead of using quotations as evidence to build your body paragraphs on, use clear and specific descriptions or summaries of several important moments from the documentary. If you think it would be helpful, you can quote voiceovers or dialogue, but make sure it is exact and attributed to the correct speaker.
Although you are free to use the 5-paragraph essay structure that we've used on the last two essay assignments, you are not required to. However, you are still required to compose an essay with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction must include a thesis statement with a specific, debatable argument and a preview of the rhetorical tactics you will analyze in your body paragraphs. Body paragraphs should still be build around specific evidence, and you must present that evidence before you try to explain or analyze it. It is your job to choose which and how many tactics to analyze in order to support the conclusion (argument in your thesis statement) that you propose.
2-4 pages. Double-spaced. Stapled. 50 Points.
Thesis due: Tue Jun 7
Outline due: Thu Jun 9
First draft due: Tue Jun 14
Final draft due:Thu Jun 16 (including outline, one copy of 1st draft, and peer reviews)
Analyze the film making tactics Michael Moore uses to make his argument in the documentary film "Bowling for Columbine." To persuade the audience of their point of view, filmmakers employ a very different set of rhetorical tools than prose writers. Choose several moments from "Bowling for Columbine," and analyze how the tactic(s) used in the example help Moore make his argument.
Consider the following tactics: Moore's use of music, interviews, stock film footage, broader social contexts, omissions of relevant details or information, autobiography, publicity stunts, humor, and celebrities, or try to incorporate some for the rhetorical strategies we've been analyzing in our Ad Analysis and Text Analysis papers. How does he use these specific film making tactics to convince his audience of his point?
Instead of using quotations as evidence to build your body paragraphs on, use clear and specific descriptions or summaries of several important moments from the documentary. If you think it would be helpful, you can quote voiceovers or dialogue, but make sure it is exact and attributed to the correct speaker.
Although you are free to use the 5-paragraph essay structure that we've used on the last two essay assignments, you are not required to. However, you are still required to compose an essay with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction must include a thesis statement with a specific, debatable argument and a preview of the rhetorical tactics you will analyze in your body paragraphs. Body paragraphs should still be build around specific evidence, and you must present that evidence before you try to explain or analyze it. It is your job to choose which and how many tactics to analyze in order to support the conclusion (argument in your thesis statement) that you propose.
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