College Rewrite

Assignment: A Critical Analysis Argument promotes an argument on how to interpret some significant component of a text and/or film. This interpretation can, for instance,

•   dispel a prior faulty argument and supply a new one,

•   reinterpret the significance of existing evidence,

•   advance a previously unconsidered argument.

  You will analyze the book and film, Into the Wild (1996 and 2008), to support your argument. 

  (Note: Please do not mistake this assignment as a “put-down piece.” Your job is not to judge or play “I told you so.” As an analyst, your job is to remain objective, advance an argument, and to evaluate evidence.)

   

  Objectives:

  •   To develop context centered around the unstated assumptions that structure your

    argument.

  •   To state a claim that explains or interprets the argument of your choice.

  •   To employ a close reading of the text and film: in particular, to use at least two specific 

    examples from each, and to cite correctly.

  •   To arrange supporting evidence around specific quotations from the book and film, and to

    analyze this evidence.

  •   To show the consequences of this interpretation.

    Format: MLA style Margins: One inch on all sides
    Spacing: Double spaced, with no extra space between paragraphs

  Header: Your last name, page number in upper right margin Heading: Top left of first page: First and last name

  Professor’s name
  Course & section number Date submitted

  Title: Centered, first letters of main words capitalized Font: 12-point, Times New Roman

  Audience: A mixed group of intelligent and reasonable adults; you will be more specific, of course.

  Length: 4 – 6 pages, typed and double-spaced. Include a Works Cited Page (which does not count toward the page length).