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Third Formal Paper: Movie or Television Evaluation

Timeline: The rough draft is due for peer review in class on October 22. Submit your rough draft to Safe Assign.

The final draft is due on October 27th

Requirements:

Your research into how other reviewers have evaluated your subject will help you discover the important questions or issues that are raised in your subject. You will have time in class on the 17th to find several substantive reviews. However, you are the reviewer in charge in your paper. You should develop a thesis or main idea that is interpretive, not simply factual. Please include your thesis in your introduction.

After your introduction, you should describe your subject. Summarize the plot or content of your subject. Tell us who produced it and when. This should not be a lengthy section of your paper. The purpose here is to let your readers know what you are discussing.

After you have summarized your content, then you should develop your thesis. Explain your ideas and support them. Give examples and make comparisons where they develop your ideas.

As part of your development, you may include other critics' views if you wish. Be sure to tell us whether you agree or disagree, and remember to explain why.

Since you will refer to outside sources, you must add a Works Cited page to the end of your paper. You must format your works cited using the MLA style guidelines, which are explained in both of your textbooks. You must include parenthetical citation also.

Tips: Make your evaluation easy for the reader to follow by writing well developed paragraphs and using transitions and point sentences where appropriate. Each paragraph should have a topic sentence which you support in the paragraph.

If you wish to include a still photo from the movie or television show in order to support your thesis, please do so. If you include a photo, you should discuss it in your paper.

Format: Your paper should be at least three to four full pages of double spaced, twelve point font. Use the standard MLA format

Value: 125 points for the final draft.