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ESL 1020

PROJECT #2: ANALYSIS

Overview: In its most simplified form, an analysis may be a review. So, instead of analyzing a written text, you will “read” and analyze a restaurant and a movie (or another activity that an individual or group could do in or near Cookeville). Description or summary of your chosen “text” alone is NOT analysis and will result in a failing grade for this project. You will learn through this process how to position yourself as a reader/viewer/writer and how to admit that position through writing. You will also consider audience and voice.

You may NOT choose a franchise or chain restaurant, i.e. no Taco Bell or Red Lobster. Some options:

Restaurant Activities

 Gyro Dude Hiking/Photography at local park

 India Palace Disc Golf

 Mamma Rosa’s Roller Derby Bout/Roller Skating

 Father Tom’s Pub Laser Tag

 Sweet Sallie’s Exercise Class/Local Race

 Crawdaddys Yankee Tavern

 The Cooke House Art Exhibit

Length and Other Requirements: You must use MLA formatting for this essay, including double-spacing. The instructor’s draft for this memoir must be between 900 and 1200 words. Your critical thinking should be evident in this essay. You will need to include the following information but beware; the below list is NOT an order of paragraphs and topic sentences or extensive.

·  Description/Summary (no more than 200 words of summary)

·  Your position and criteria for evaluation

·  Who is the audience for the restaurant?

·  Who is the audience for the movie/activity?

·  Price

·  Atmosphere

·  Would you try it again/recommend it for others

·  If a movie, include actors and director. Don’t include the ending.