For Kim Woods

Assignment: While most words have agreed-upon definitions, the exact meaning still varies from person to person.  This situation is particularly true for subjective terms like "good."  To ensure meaningful use of subjective terms in essays, writers can give a working definition for those subjective terms.  

For this essay, you will define what makes a movie or television show "good." IN YOUR OWN WORDS.   You will need to set forth the criteria you use to judge.  Unlike the evaluative essay, you will not be presenting a single example of a good movie or television show and explaining why it is good. Instead, you will be letting your audience know, in general, what you "good" means when you are talking about movies or television shows.  What are looking for when you decide whether you enjoy a movie or television show?  You may name specific movies or shows as specific examples in your essay, but your focus throughout the essay should be the criteria you use to define "good" when you are discussing movies or television shows.  Letting your audience know your criteria is almost like training your Amazon.com "recommended" list or your YouTube "recommended" list: you are giving your readers enough information to recommend a movie or television show to you and be confident that you would enjoy that movie or television show.