Month: February 2017
MLA formatting and Thesis Statements in Analysis Essays
Frontiers of New MLA Formatting
Dealing with some Analysis
To help us move forward in our discussions of analysis in preparation for Essay 2, I am going to have us look at, in practice, the process or best way of approaching this kind of paper/genre.
STEP 1: Read (ideally printed off)
STEP 2: Annotate
Things to look for when annotating:
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Relevant quotations
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Elements and key ideas of summary of the main points
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Elements of purpose, audience, and stance found within
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Criteria
EXAMPLE:
STEP 3: Use annotations to help you in your writing
Let’s work with an example to help us get started:
drawing-on-the-dark-side-the-new-york-times
Perform STEPS 1 -2 on this article
For us here in class, we want to take this article apart using the method we will use in constructing our paper. In groups (each will look at a different part) we will analyze and then discuss our finding.
Rebuttal to the NYT’s article we just read
Looking at Evaluations
POWERPOINT: evaluations
GROUP DOCUMENTS (in lieu of handouts):
Click on the #
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4