Formal Persuasive Literary Evaluation & Analysis
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PROMPT #2: Another English adjunct professor is looking for your opinion, as a college student, regarding the required 1010 fiction readings and how relatable they are in the classroom--or how relatable they are to young people in 2018.  Pick 1 -2 of the stories we read and write a formal 1000+ word argumentative evaluation essay.

You may choose to compare and contrast between two stories--or 2 characters in a single story--or two choices in a single story, evaluating which you think is the “better” of the two [stories/ plots/ protagonists/ settings/ themes/ conflicts] from our literary analysis unit. You will need to ground your reasoning using textual examples from both in order to explain why.
You may instead argue which story is “best,” in other words,  most relatable or most important for young people to read in a classroom and offer real life personal, social, or political lessons you think it could be helpful for.  You must use textual examples from the literary works as your primary evidence, and only offer common knowledge or personal observation that require no research.
Do not use any sources not listed on the course bibliography; no external research allowed.



For this assignment, the skills you will master for your teacher are:

1: Picking descriptive, arguable, evaluative vocabulary (not words like good, better, best, bad, worse, worst,  amazing, awesome, awful, boring, unlikeable, et al.)

2: Illustrating a clear understanding of the difference between summary, evaluation, and analysis. Avoid plot summary in favor of bulshitting symbolism.

3: Making tone adjustments and selective omissions when writing to an audience with an in depth knowledge of all of the provided sources

4: Selecting quotations that best supplement your argument as appropriate supporting details and maintain a persuasive purpose above an informative purpose.

5: Using appropriate introductory tags (signal phrases) before every quotation

6: Producing detailed MLA parenthetical in-text citations, on both quotations and plot paraphrasing & summary

7: Paraphrasing, reflecting, and analyzing each selected quotation and plot point with connections to the topics and claim

8: Formatting a perfect MLA Works Cited page based solely on classroom bibliography

9: Beginning with a phenomenal heading, title, pathos hook, and thesis statement in the introduction

10: Ending with a phenomenal transition, claim restatement, and ethos gesture in the conclusion



Genre: Formal Essay

Purpose: Persuasive Claim

Audience: Faculty member

Argument: Evaluative/Compare & Contrast

Length: 1000+ words (roughly 4.0 pages)


Stories:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DN8WdTrPibeGNncEN0YzRoNFU/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-DN8WdTrPibVG52UEU1dEh1YjA/view

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You will (as quoted from the Bonvillain book) “try to extract communicative rules by observing  the  behaviors  that  do  or  do  not  occur  in  various  contexts  and  the  reactions  of members of a community to each other's actions.”To  accomplish  this  project,  you  need  to  conduct  two  observations,  write  a  report, create  a  cultural  assimilator,  and  then  design  a  lesson  plan.  More  specifically,  it includes: a)  Observing: Go to a public place where language is being used by some people. You cannot be a participant or interact with people (it will interfere with your observation). Position yourself so that you are relatively unobtrusive and can observe what people publicly say and do.  Do not eavesdrop! Do not tape or audio-record anyone!  Make notes about who is there and what you observe, try to 
3make notes as detail as possible. Quotes would be very helpful. Observe for 20-30 minutes. Please repeat the procedure and do a second observation in the same public place. The second observation does not have to be the same people.b)  Writing a report of your observations, noting the following:Contextual setting:  Time, date, and place of your observation.  Physically describe the public place you are in. Describe the people who used the place during your observation and the scene including decoration. Next describe the knowledge/assumptions/norms that all speakers of the community share about the public place; Findings need examples to support and analysis needs examples and reference to support also; Finally include the discussion questions asked and feedback obtained in the presentation into your report if we have the opportunity to present. The report needs to be double-spaced, 7-8 pages long excluding the subsequent Cultural Assimilator & the Lesson Plan. c)  Creating a Cultural Assimilator: based on the observations and analysis you did in part b), develop a cultural assimilator for the situation in which you have conducted the observations. The assimilator would entail the development of 3-4 episodes that include a number (3 or 4) of behavioral options for the culture or situation in question. Also, you would be expected to validate the episodes by gathering data on appropriate responses from 4 or 5 natives of the culture in question. Make sure you discuss how you will take advantage of this kind of assimilators to teach culture.  For understanding cultural assimilators, read Brislin (1989) before you start developing.d)  Designing one lesson plan based on the findings you have identified from the observations. Use the template that is provided on Canvas to design a 50-minute lesson plan. You could choose any one or more findings as the content that you will teach in this lesson to a level of language proficiency that you choose in either ESL or EFL context. In the lesson plan, make sure you address the aspects in reasonable detail required in the template.

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Creative Narrative (Nonfiction Memoir or Short Story)


Purpose: Entertainment (not argumentative but thematic)

Audience: Your classmates and Sami

Length: 1300+ words ~ 5.5 pages



PRIMARY PROMPT: NONFICTION
Pick a story from your life that is entertaining to tell. Consider the following topics:


your most extraordinary day at work/school (the tragedy, the riot, the customer, the bad day, the free day, et cetera),
your worst job/boss/customer/coworker,
your holiday/vacation/celebration gone wrong (where things didn't quite go as planned, or where traditions were broken),
or your favorite experience of a holiday/celebrations/vacation,
a moment when you were a crappy sibling/child/friend that you look back and laugh at or regret (childhood is about mistakes and learning),
produce a portrait--dynamic-- no hero worship-- of a family member or family friend (mom, dad, grandparent, sibling, pet, cousin, aunt, uncle, neighbor) through a handful of snapshots with them to show how they affected your sense of home or of family or of tradition that revolves around some conflict
A pivotal moment or epiphany for you!

Topics that should not come up in the story you tell:

The birth of a child
Hospital visits
Illness
Death of a loved one
Hurricanes/natural disasters
Crimes
Broken hearts
First love

Produce an epiphany, or show how you changed, or make us reconsider our own values and traditions, by having a single theme in the introduction/concluding paragraphs.  Do not be explicit; subtlety is key to sounding like your intended audience is adults, not children. Don't tell me the moral of the story. I can figure it out. You must use figurative language, strong verbs, imagery, artifacts, and dialogue to show an understanding of each element.




SECONDARY PROMPT: FICTION

For those who feel up to the challenge, you may instead write a short story.  A fiction narrative. Tell a story you would want to read that makes us reflect on major themes like: love, lust, friendship, technology, attention span, brotherhood, complacency, activism, duty, responsibility,  rebellion, war, health, politics, freedom, faith, the supernatural, the paranormal, the future, or whatever. Have a theme, not a moral.

Create original characters (not based on people you know), going through original internal and external conflicts (not based on anything you've been through), in an original setting, not any place you've ever been (or potential a place you only visited once).

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Write an essay in which you examine the kinds of popular culture that survive in the dystopia of Washburn’s play and how their purposes change or remain the same. For example, the “commercials” in Act II aren’t selling anything, and the opera in Act III lacks the screwball comedy of “Cape Feare.” In the “post-electric” world, what is the purpose of these entertainments? How does the passage of time from Act I affect the way that the people of this world understand the story?

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Choosing the common theme of marriage, use this theme to analyze the topic using A Doll House with a debatable, analytical thesis statement with key points.  Additional options for topics are available below. Locate at least three academically valid sources to support the main points in your essay. This essay must be formatted using MLA Style and contain a Works Cited page. The expected length is approximately five to seven pages.


- Analysis also needs to include the following elements:
An introduction with thesis statement; a body of points explored; and a conclusion.
Close reading of passages from the play to support your analysis.
Three secondary sources to further reinforce your points.
Development and organization of analysis within 5-7 pages.
Clear grammar and style.
Adherence to MLA format.
A Works Cited page, not your annotated bibliography.


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- A summary statement of the source, followed by an in-text, parenthetical citation (author’s name).
- A statement that explains how the source will be useful in your analysis.
- A statement about why your reader should trust that this is an academically credible source.

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