M 12-Oct Essay Workshop
W 14-Oct Essay Workshop * Note Schedule Revision (14-Oct)
F 16-Oct No classes—Homecoming
M 12-Oct Essay Workshop
- Read for class: (essential / required)
- “Writing About Fiction” (Purdue)
Essay Assignment
plus, primary text for essay (review/notes); relevant chapters from Abbott (review);
* Note Schedule Revision (14-Oct)
W 14-Oct Essay Workshop
- For class: prepare (bring) tentative/initial analytic thesis and support topics.
–also, post Qs for workshop (in comment below)
Read: (review) Using Source Material
- (hint: plagiarism quiz today) — consult MLA resource/s below.
Analysis and composition notes — here.
Weekly Blog Entry: optional — for extra credit (participation/blogging)
N.B. UF Reading & Writing Center
F 16-Oct No classes—Homecoming
Analytic Essay Due Sun 18-Oct
Formal Essay: Literary Analysis
Due: 16-Oct
1600-1800 words; 25 points
File uploaded to e-learning.
View assignment description here
– (note: literary selections/exclusions listed within)
Notes for analysis here.
Notes on composition here.
Document format example: Hink Essay 1.rtf
Practical resources
Purdue OWL
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**Writing About Fiction: “Close Reading & Pitfalls” and “Thesis”
“Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing”
“Outline” (Writing Process section)
Revision (Grammar and Mechanics section)
Grammar and Mechanics section (overall)
Appropriate Language (Academic Writing section)
- see also: A Writer’s Reference (5th or 6th Edition)
Janet Gardner. – Writing About Literature 2nd Edition. (Bedford, 2009):
- “Active Reading” (4-10)
“The Writing Process” (16-27; 31-3) – esp. re: Thesis, Organization, Revision; Intro/Concl.
* “Writing About Literature” & “Quotations” (34-41)
“Explication” (44)
* Chp 4. “Writing about Stories” (57-60; examples follow)
** Using material: quoting, citing, MLA format (116-28)
Lester Faigley. The Brief Penguin Handbook 3rd edition (Pearson, 2009)
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“Documenting” (237-44)
MLA style (245-81)
Chp 21 Plagiarism (218-24) & Integrating Sources (213-7 & 228-33)
Chp 3. Organization (21-37)
Chp 27. Write with Power (359-64); Chp 28. Writing Concisely (365-71); Chp. 29 Emphasis (371-8)
Questions about Analytic Essay for W 14-Oct class (post here)
note: please do not post your thesis here for me to evaluate; rather, questions should concern assignment tasks/objectives and/or composition issues, e.g. organization and support discussion.
Also, participation extra credit for answering a classmate’s question posted here (with reference to a specific source, like my notes or better—Purdue OWL or Penguin Handbook).