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FINAL EXAM 1302

THE EVALUATION

Hopefully you have watched one of the suggested movies and have made some notes for yourself. Be sure you identify the movie you are evaluating on your cover page (see sample below).

Format for your evaluation paper

Basic guidelines

Your paper must be in MLA format

It should be at least three pages long plus a Works Cited page.

The writing should be in Standard American English, well-structured, easy to follow, free from personal references and unnecessary wordiness.

Your introduction should

· Present the subject of your evaluation: “the person, place, thing, event, or phenomenon that you are evaluating” (Ramage et al. 371).

· Show why evaluating X is problematic or controversial

· Present your evaluation claim and your criteria (criteria will be given to you at exam time; you will have 1 hour and 50 minutes to complete the necessary paper)

Your audience

· Intelligent college students and movie goers

Your purpose

· Persuade your audience to see the value (or lack of value) of X.

Each body paragraph should

· State a criterion and defend it if necessary

· Show that X meets or does not meet the criterion

Treatment of alternative or opposing views

· Summarize objections to your criteria or your match

· Respond to these objections

Each reference to a source should

· Introduce the source using an attributive tag (Ramage et al. 555)

· Quote or summarize the important information from that source

· Explain the significance of the information from the source

· Include a correct MLA in-text citation which is also referenced in the final Works Cited page

Your conclusion should

· Sum up your evaluation.

FINAL EXAM 1302 (21009 OR 21011 OR 21013)

EVALUATION OF (THE NAME OF THE MOVIE YOU CHOSE)

DATE

YOUR NAME

FOR PROFESSOR LASLEY