Essay Assignment #1: Classic Deductive Comparative ArgumentGENERAL DIRECTIONS: Write a 3-« to 5-« page double-spaced, lightly researched essay (not counting the works cited page), following the deductive comparative argument format detailed on the other side of this paper. You will write on one of our literary stories, poem, or films in unit one as the primary focus of your essay?s analysis (critical thinking and inferences), but will also use the required focus and research as noted on this page.A. The Cask of Amontillado, by Poe: Compare to Poe?s The Brief Prose Tale (1293-1295 of Short Fiction) B. Hills Like White Elephants, by Hemingway: Compare the male/female relationships, attitudes, and power and use something from the book, New Critical Approaches to the Short Stores of Ernest Hemingway, on reserve in the OCC Library for this class C. Double Indemnity, directed by Billy Wilder: Compare to some aspect of our Film Noir: Somewhere in the Night reading. There is also a book, Somewhere in the Night (about film noir), on reserve in the OCC Library for use for this class. D. 1950s Film (To be announced on Sept. 12): Compare to the 1950s Post World War II era culture as per one article or book about the culture of that era from our OCC Library. E. The Dummy: Use the reading From Against Interpretation (1305-1307 of Short Fiction) or something from the book, Loss of the Self in Modern Literature and Art, on reserve in the OCC Library for this class. F. Dog, by Ferlinghetti: Compare to the 1950s Post World War II era culture using something from the book, Ferlinghetti: The Artist in His Time, or the book, The Portable Beat Reader, both on reserve in our OCC Library for this class.BALANCE OF RESEARCH VERSUS YOUR OWN ANALYSIS: Your paper should be about 30% research and 70% your owncritical analysis. Use enough outside sources in your paper for your research to average out to about one source per written page.Some people start with lots of research on the first page, use a lot later in their essays, or use it equally throughout. Use whateverworks best for you. Speciiffiic Researrch Requiirrementts:: You must include at least four to eight credible research sources from our OCC Library only, based on the requirements listed below. One source may include more than one of the requirements below; a hard copy book on film noir written in 2007 would meet 2, 3, and 4 requirements:1. Source as per the requirement in the blue box above2. Credible book source other than our textbooks. Hard copy, real academic library books, OCC?s Library?s electronic databases for e-books, and some articles originally published in books but republished in journals. .3. 2007 or later source: One credible source dated 2007 or after.4. All form OCC Library: All sources must be from the OCC Library, either hard copies of materials on online databases, or online electronic booksIf you need a definition, get one from a literary dictionary or encyclopedia.MLA DOCUMENTATION: Properly document all of your sources (ideas and words) both within the essay parenthetically and on a works cited page, using MLA formatting style. Please refer to the Professor?s MLA Guide: A Brief Guide to MLA Formatting and Documentation for Research Essays. There will be a student model posted on our web site in the folder Essay Models for Essay Assignments for review. Also list on the works cited page and cite within your essay the original literary or film work you are focusing your essay on.THE BASIC RULES OF WRITING A LITERARY PAPER:? Use present tense when discussing the literary work? The first time the literary author?s/director?s name is used, use his/her full name?then use the last name only after that? The first time a literary work?s name is used, use the full title?then you may use a shortened version if the title is long and you have informed the reader you will do so in parentheses and the title is long: In the The Cask of Amontillado (The Cask)? Use the MLA format as discussed in class, learned in English 100, and explained in the professor?s MLA Guide: A Brief Guide to Format ting and Documentation for Research Essays.PRE-WRITING & WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS: You will be required to attend and complete one on-campus, classroom workshop with your rough draft (you?ll be assigned a time during our class time for this).DUE DATES:: The rough draft is due September 26; the final draft is due October 3.(over for more directions ?)THE DEDUCTIVE COMPARATIVE ARGUMENT FORMATDATA: The stories/films themselves and any research are information and evidence that lead you to think about the stories, makes inferences, and make a claim.CLAIM: This is the thesis of your argument, placed in the beginning part of the essay (in a deductive argument). It is your stated position which is based on your thinking and comparing your literary work to the topic listed on page one of this assignment sheet. That analysis is based on inferences made from reading the literature and the topic you are comparing it to and analyzing those connections. For instance, you might start with a very simple claim like one of these two examples below:Example A: True to ancient fable formulas, both the fox and the crow in The Camel and His Friends use friendship to deceive the camel and to teach amoral lesson.Example B: True to ancient fable formulas, both Somerset Maugham and the GrimmBrothers seem to teach the moral lesson that one cannot avoid fate.But to be a better claim, you need to narrow, specify, and qualify, so you will need a qualifier, as noted below, so youaren?t so general, which can be clichd.QUALIFIER: This is the part of your claim that narrows down and specifies it and makes it much richer and more detailed. The claims above are too general, almost clichd. Look at the claims below when a qualifier is added:Example A: As in traditional fable formula, both the fox and the crow use the guise of friendship to deceive and betray the trust of the camel, as author Bidpai teaches a moral lesson that new or surface friendships need to be examined and tested before one places trust in them, and that blind faith can be deadly and irreversible.Example B: As in traditional fable moral formulas that warn and instruct on the nature of fate, Maugham?s The Appointment in Samarra and Grimms? Godfather Death illustrate the dire consequences of arrogance in the face of the gods or fate, and carry heavy warnings that those who choose to contradict those entities must endure their absolute consequences.Once you have a claim and qualifier, you will need support, or backing.BACKING: This is the support for your argument. Your backing will be a collection of evidence examples taken from the literature and your comparative analysis/inferences of that work compared to the focus idea from page one on this assignment sheet, all connected logically to your claim.WARRANT: This is the conclusion of your argument. Your warrant does what any other good conclusion does: summarizes your whole argument plus adds some deeper exploration and analysis to offer a sense of completeness. It is important that it carries deep critical reflection on your overall claim and support.DEDUCTIVE COMPARATIVE VISUAL MODELDoe 1John DoeProf. KennedyEnglish 101DateTitleIntroductionClaim and qualifier are somewhere between here and the middle of page 2Doe 3Backing/Support are continued here?remember you need three or more research sourcesDoe 5Warrant /Conclusion hereDoe 2Backing/Support starts after your claim and qualifier and continues onDoe 6Works CitedAlphabetize and list all the sources you used in your essay?see MLA Guide for detailsDoe 4.Backing/Support continue here until the warrantCLICK HERE TO GET MORE ON THIS PAPER !!!CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS PAPER AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE
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