Solved: ENGL 1302 Paper 2: Analysis Essay Prompt

M. Hutson (Adapted from: Rhetorical Summary; Instructions adapted from http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/rhetorical-precis/sample/peirce_sample_precis_click.html) Instructions: For this assignment, use scholarly sources and your annotations, close readings, and personal responses to those sources to write an analysis essay that includes a rhetorical summary for each source. Carefully read and follow the instructions below to construct the essay. See course calendar for due dates and times. Final Draft Requirements:
  • 1200-1500 words
  • follows current guidelines for MLA format and documentation with a properly formatted Works Cited page
  • essay has an introduction paragraph that ends with a clear thesis statement that sets up one main idea for the entire essay; body paragraphs that support the thesis statement and include rhetorical a summary, personal response, and analysis for each source; and a conclusion paragraph that ends the essay
  • shows analysis of 1-2 articles, which must be from a peer-reviewed journal
  • includes at least two appropriately introduced, fully incorporated direct quote from source
  • includes at least two fully incorporated paraphrases from source
  • includes in-text/parenthetical citations for each direct quote, summary, paraphrase, example, or use of information from source
  • shows clear evidence of revising and editing
  • submitted via Blackboard as a Word document with a filename that consists of StudentInitials+ID_1302 P2F
  • does not use second person or first person plural unless in a direct quote from the source
  • essay follows the assigned outline (in block format, if 2 articles are analyzed):
PART I--WRITE: I. Introduction paragraph a. Introduce and briefly explain your topic in this paragraph with detail sentences that lead to a thesis statement that establishes one main idea for the entire essay. i. Write one thesis statement that indicates the research topic or research question and discussion of source. Example: Research shows how texts, including fairy tales, written by African-American women affects cultural perspectives of Black women in America. II. Body Paragraphs--Rhetorical Summary a. For each source, write a rhetorical summary paragraph in the following order (see end of prompt for a sample rhetorical summary paragraph): i. Write a statement that tells the name of the author, title of the work, publication date, and any other necessary information, and uses a rhetorically active verb (e.g. claims, asserts, argues, declares, defines, explores, or suggests) with a “that” clause to tell the main idea or assertion in the work. Example: In the 2015 article, “Fairy Tales: Still Relevant after All These Years,” the author, Jade Libros, asserts that reading fairy tales helps women of color recognize the effective use of writing skills in addition to life lessons and morals. ii. Write a statement that explains of how the author develops and supports the thesis. Example: The author develops and supports this idea by using details and excerpts from well-known fairy tales as examples of skillful writing (7). iii. Write a statement of the author’s focus, followed by an “in order to…” phrase. Example: Specifically, Libros focuses on the use of fairy tales in composition courses in order to show the influence that these tales can have on writers, especially when the tales are used as something other than entertaining forms of didactic literature. iv. Write a statement that explains the impact or purpose for why the author wrote the work. Example: Libros’s explanations and examples also provide specific strategies for helping people of color recognize ways to rework the tales. v. Write a statement that ends the rhetorical summary paragraph and links to another paragraph or the thesis statement for your essay. Example: For Libros, examining fairy tales under the lenses of critical writing skills and cultural attitudes shows that fairy tales often act as both a practical guide for writing and as a first template for reworking stories. III. Body Paragraphs--Personal Response a. For each source, write paragraphs that reveal your own critical thinking about the sources and how you responded to them. Use information from your annotations and close readings to complete this part of the essay: i. Make an interpretive claim about the way the text is written or the meaning of the text. For example, show how or why you followed the author’s main argument/claim. ii. Explain whether the author’s arguments/claims make sense to you. iii. Give details that evaluate the logical reasoning of the author’s arguments/claims and its effect on you as a reader or as a writer. Do not retell the content of the sources, and do not just agree or disagree with the author. iv. Discuss how each source relates to your own research arguments/research/thesis. v. Include at least 1 example from each source. Cite as needed. IV. Body Paragraphs--Analytical Impact a. For each source, write about the impact the analysis of the sources will have on research. Use answers from your annotations, close readings, and sources to complete this part of your essay: i. Discuss how and/or what your analysis of each source will add to the discussion about your research topic. ii. Explain how or why each source or author functions as an appropriate resource for your own argument/thesis/topic. iii. Describe how each source affects your own argument/thesis/topic. iv. Use at least 1 example from each source as needed. Cite as needed. V. Conclusion paragraph a. Write one paragraph that ends the essay, does not introduce any new information or new ideas, and brings the essay to a natural close. PART II--REVIEW, REVISE, SUBMIT: I. REVIEW & REVISE #1: Read through the essay, Change the order of the sentences in the paragraphs, delete passages that do not fit the overall essay, or even reorganize paragraphs as necessary. Check that the introduction paragraph ends with a clear thesis statement. Make any and all needed revisions to ensure that each body paragraph after the introduction supports the main idea of the essay (i.e. the thesis statement). Check that you have included in-text and/or parenthetical citations for each sentence that includes the use of source information. Check that the conclusion paragraph brings the essay to a natural close and ends the essay. Check that you have included a new and interesting title for the essay. Save a copy of the essay as a Word document with the filename of StudentInitials 1302 P2D#. II. P2 PEER REVIEW: Submit a copy of the draft in the appropriate discussion board for the peer review. III. REVIEW & REVISE #2: EXTRA CREDIT (OPTIONAL) +5 points: Go to www.hemingwayapp.com. Upload your essay. Do not be concerned about the reading level! Take a screen capture of the results, paste it into a Word document, and write one paragraph that explains how you will revise the essay sentences in your based on the results. Remember, college level writers should have a variety of sentence structure types in their essays. Save this with a filename of StudentInitials+ID_1302 P2 EC and submit it in the Extra Credit drop box in Blackboard before you submit your final draft. Revise the essay. Revise the essay. Save a copy. IV. Submit: If you are satisfied with your essay, save a copy of the essay as a FINAL draft with a Word document filename that consists of StudentInitials+ID_1302 P2F. Then, submit a clean copy of the FINAL draft (Word document ONLY) with the correct filename in the assignment drop box in Blackboard by the due date and time (only Word documents accepted). Make sure you hand in any required hard copies to the instructor. V. Reflect: AFTER you submit the final draft, do a Blog, titled “P2 Reflection:” write 2 paragraphs that describe your experience writing this essay; include at least one sentence that tells about this experience as part of your overall research process, at least one sentence that tells how your experience differed from writing the topic proposal, and at include at least 1 specific example from each paper that supports your ideas. Submit your reflection in the blog by the due date and time. Now, go forth and reward yourself for another job well done!
*SAMPLE Rhetorical Summary Paragraph
In the 2015 article, “Fairy Tales: Still Relevant after All These Years,” the author, Jade Libros, asserts that reading fairy tales helps women of color recognize the effective use of writing skills in addition to life lessons and morals. The author develops and supports this idea by using details and excerpts from well-known fairy tales as examples of skillful writing (7). Specifically, Libros focuses on the use of fairy tales in composition courses in order to show the influence that these tales can have on writers, especially when the tales are used as something other than entertaining forms of didactic literature. Libros’s explanations and examples also provide specific strategies for helping people of color recognize ways to rework the tales. For Libros, examining fairy tales under the lenses of critical writing skills and cultural attitudes shows that fairy tales often act as both a practical guide for writing and as a first template for reworking stories. © 2015-2020 Marshalla Hutson