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essay assignment #2
February 20, 2008 | | Leave a Comment
This film is (*really*) about…
That is your prompt for this essay.
Find (at least) one source (a “they say”) that has something to say about this film (or something to say about film in general that you can apply to a reading of this film). Introduce what your source says into your essay. Now you have an “I say” and a “they say.” (Use Part I of your text for suggestions and templates).
Argue your reading of the film with as much evidence as you can find, but also allow whatever “they say” to complicate and evolve your own thesis. (I find the template on pg. 8 to be a good one for this).
Refine your thesis based on your source(s), and provide evidence accounting for your refined thesis.
Conclude with the most evolved and precise version of your argument, as well as an overview of how you got from point A (reading A) to point B (reading B).
