Essay 2 Assignment, Dates, and Evaluation

Essay 2: Compare and Contrast

Norming Session: Wed, 11/18
Peer Review: Friday, 11/20
Final Drafts: Sunday 11/22

ASSIGNMENT: 

You will analyze the writing of two essays we have read for our course, based on our questions from the analysis think sheet. You will analyze their ideas using the skills you’ve gleaned in discussion. Whose essay is better written to express their ideas?  With whom do you agree more? Why?

General outline:

·       Compare Rhetoric

·       Compare Ideas

·       Which is written more effectively

Compare and Contrast Organization options:

For example: Jane Austen’s Heroine Qualities, Sassy & Traditional

Elizabeth (P&P)
Emma (Emma)

·       Paragraph 1
Elizabeth and Emma, Sassy

·       Paragraph 2
Elizabeth and Emma, Traditional

OR

·       Paragraph A
Elizabeth is sassy and traditional

·       Paragraph B
Emma is sassy and traditional

For YOUR essays:

Option 1:

·       Paragraph 1: Essay 1 Ideas and Rhetorical Critique (or Rhetorical and Ideas Critique)
Paragraph 2: Essay 2 Ideas and Rhetorical Critique (or Rhetorical and Ideas Critique)
Paragraph 3: Discussion of the essay you feel is most successful and why

OR

Option 2:

·       Paragraph 1: Discuss Essay 1 and Essay 2 rhetorically (or ideas)
Paragraph 2: Discuss Essay 1 and Essay 2 ideas (or rhetorically)
Paragraph 3: Discussion of the essay you feel is most successful and why

EVALUATION 

Essay 2: Compare and Contrast Evaluation

Title:
Reviewers:		Date:

 

Exceptional: This element goes beyond what is expected.
	Proficient:  This element completes the assignment satisfactorily.
		Needs work:  The response to this element is missing or is seriously flawed.
▢	▢	▢	1.1               First Page Header:  MLA format, upper left, no shortcuts.
			Comments:
▢	▢	▢	1.2               Page number header, upper right.  Includes writer’s last name and page number.
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▢	▢	▢	Preliminary MLA formatting:  Times New Roman font, double-spaced, left aligned.
			Comments:
▢	▢	▢	1.3               Title:  Interesting and unique. Does the title forecast the issue or problem the essay examines and make readers want to read on?
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▢	▢	▢	1.4                Thesis. Is the thesis complete and foreshadowing?
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▢	▢	▢	1.5               Literary Elements Critique: Clear, objective, analytic discussions of the rhetorical elements of both essays.
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▢	▢	▢	1.6               Ideas Critique: Detailed analysis of the writing of the ideas/purpose of both essays.
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▢	▢	▢	1.7               Evaluation: Careful consideration of which essay is more successful and why.
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▢	▢	▢	1.8               Mechanics and Style: Does the writer provide enough transitions to help the reader see how points are connected?
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▢	▢	▢	1.9                Detail and Syntax Are there enough Level #1 examples to illustrate and support the writer’s ideas (facts, quotations, statistics, anecdotes from his/her own experiences, etc)?
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▢	▢	▢	1.10             Style: Is there a sense of voice in this writing? Is there a personality behind the writer, or, does this read like textbook writing?
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▢	▢	▢	1.11             Citations:  The writer introduces borrowed words or ideas by using attributive tags. All borrowed words and facts are noted with in-text citations with the page number.
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