ASSIGNMENT (5%):
ON APRIL 7th/9th please hand in to me your reading list and a formal outline (the format is given below—obviously, you must fill in the details according to your own project). The reading list does not have to be in MLA format, but when you attach it to your final paper as "Works Cited" it does.
KEEP A COPY you will need to be able to work from it as you write your paper.
Sample Formal Outline
Topic: Canadian Film maker
Limit: Atom Egoyan . . . “What has been Atom Egoyan’s biggest contribution to Canadian film?”
Thesis: Atom Egoyan is a film maker who best represents the Canadian psyche in both story and cinematography. In the Sweet Hereafter, particularly, the white and silent Canadian landscape is used as a metaphor for alienation and isolation.
I. Major Point [Story]
A. Minor Point
1. Evidence (paraphrase idea of writer A)
2. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
B. Minor Point
1. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
2. Evidence (quote from writer B)
II. Major Point [Cinematography]
A. Minor point
1. Evidence (my analysis)
2. Evidence (writer C)
3. Evidence (my analysis)
B. Minor point
1. Evidence (writer D)
2. Evidence (my analysis)
Conclusion:
Note: headings should make specific points, not simply introduce vague ideas; you can then turn these into paragraph topic sentences.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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