Critical essay on the reading
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Instruction2ppt2.pptx
Please put a conceptual key word in your point sentence (Please try to find the problems in the following passage).
“When this work is read, various questions can come to mind as to what the author meant with the work and how and in what way the various points were incorporated in said story. Fortunately, the work is buzzing with motives and themes that can answer the question raised in this essay. The question is rather phrased as a proposition for the sake of argumentation. This essay will analyse the work for supporting evidence for this proposition and present it to the reader in an explanatory way.”
Please put a conceptual key word in your point sentence (the highlighted phrases should be replaced by conceptual words, or by the phrase with real contents).
“When this work is read, various questions can come to mind as to what the author meant with the work and how and in what way the various points were incorporated in said story. Fortunately, the work is buzzing with motives and themes that can answer the question raised in this essay. The question is rather phrased as a proposition for the sake of argumentation. This essay will analyse the work for supporting evidence for this proposition and present it to the reader in an explanatory way.”
Please put a conceptual key word in your point sentence (the same excrcise).
“Through all their efforts to keep their affair private and hidden, a recurring theme of lying and deceit is explored throughout the short story. Having said that, the short story brings up the question, how are lies and deceit depicted in “Unyŏng-Jon” and what does this theme tell us about human nature? The theme of lies and deceit are evidently shown through various characters and their actions throughout the short story, illustrating humans’ deepest desires, including selfishness and greed.
Please put a conceptual key word in your point sentence (the key concepts are too broad and not convincing; should be revised with concrete words).
“Through all their efforts to keep their affair private and hidden, a recurring theme of lying and deceit is explored throughout the short story. Having said that, the short story brings up the question, how are lies and deceit depicted in “Unyŏng-Jon” and what does this theme tell us about human nature? The theme of lies and deceit are evidently shown through various characters and their actions throughout the short story, illustrating humans’ deepest desires, including selfishness and greed.
The Chicago Manual of Style
Please add the footnote whenever you cite the source
Kim Sŭng-ok, “Seoul: 1964, Winter,” in Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology, eds. Bruce Fulton and Youngmin Kwon (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005), 180.
Kim, “Seoul: 1964, Winter,” 185.
Kim Sŭng-ok. “Seoul: 1964, Winter.” In Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology, edited by Bruce Fulton and Youngmin Kwon, 165-180. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.
Times New Romans, 12point, double-spaced
7 pages + bibliography, no cover page
Romanization
McCune–Reischauer Romanization system
Ŏ “어”/ Ŭ “의”
“Insert” “Symbols” (Microsoft Word)
Chosŏn
Italicize the loan word: “Kim-chinsa”
Please do not contract verbs: “isn’t” “won’t” (x)
Please use formal expressions: “weird” (x)
No belief but an argument: “I believe” (x) “I argue” (o)
Please avoid exaggerative expressions: very, greatly, significantly, extremely….
Period should be placed within quotation marks.
: “…..marks”. (x) “……marks.” (o)
One paragraph should not be too long: no more than 7-8 sentences
No dangling phrase: check the correspondence between verb and subject (Considering that…., Student Yi….)
Subject and verb should be corresponding to one another
Please do not switch the subject within a single sentence.
Please avoid run-on sentences (….., and……, but….., which….., that……)
No general statement: “Korea is …..” “Korean literature…..” “Confucianism……”
Please Italicize the book title: The Square
The title of a short story should be placed within quotation marks: “Record of a Journey to Mujin”
Please do not assume that your reader knows the whole story. Try to introduce the story properly while presenting your own argument.
