Another Copy of Essay Assignment #2

Essay Assignment #2 – Critical Review
Davidson – English 101

TH 10/30: Paper Proposals Due. 2 Previously Published Reviews Due
T 11/4: ELECTION DAY Reviews Due
TH 11/6: 1st Drafts Due (2 pages. Bring a copy for each group member)
T 11/11: Writing Workshop. Bring edited copy (3 pages)
TH 11/13: Final Papers Due. Paper #3 Assigned

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

This assignment asks you to begin the process of evaluating, by writing a review of a recently released movie, book, television series, CD or DVD, musical or theatrical performance, art exhibit, restaurant or other public event, service or artistic performance. While you will certainly begin the process by exploring what you personally think and feel about the thing/event in question, you will also need to carefully consider standards/criteria that are appropriate given your rhetorical situation, as well as the attitudes, beliefs, assumptions and/or values your audience will bring to the topic. It is crucial to remember that reviews are a form of argument; and as such, they must be persuasive, meaning that they must present criteria and examples, which seem reasonable and appropriate for their respective contexts and audiences.

Thus whatever thing you choose to review, you will need to spend some time not only exploring and analyzing your own reactions, ideas and feelings to the topic, but thinking carefully about the intended audience and context of the thing you are reviewing. You will then need to define standards that are appropriate for this rhetorical situation, and to explain and support your judgments in a way that your audience will not only appreciate, but find persuasive.

FORMAT:

The minimum length of this assignment is THREE pages. Not two pages and a few lines onto the third page – three complete pages. Papers must be typed, double-spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman, with one-inch margins. Any papers that deliberately manipulate any of these stipulations in order to gain length will be docked a minimum of a full letter grade. Plagiarism on any level will result in failure of the entire course and your work will be turned over to the proper university officials, which may in turn lead to suspensions or expulsions. You will need to hand in a paper copy and submit your work in electronic format to turnitin.com by no later than midnight on Thursday, November 13th.