Engl2-spring-2017
Syllabus
Course policies and schedule (original)
Readings
Required Readings
- Breaking Bread & Barriers
- Change Isn't Easy but It's Possible
- Why I Left White Nationalism
- "Fantastic Beasts analysis + J. K. Rowling interview"
- "Remarks to the AFL-CIO Executive Council" by Elizabeth Warren
- "Step Into a Refugee Camp"
- "What the Alt-Right Really Means"
- "Students Fooled by Fake News"
- Two arguments on the Syrian Refugee Crisis
- Starting With a Handshake
Supplemental Readings
- Why We Love Juno: Sample film analysis for a specific audience
- Is McFarland USA a White Savior Film? Sample Film Analysis with a moral slant
- Juno: Not Just Another Teen Movie
- Why College is a Waste of Time and Money--refutation sample target
- Weasel Words--article on fallacious language
- Groupthink--book review on the illusion of independent thought
Major Assignments
Film list for rhetorical analysis
Small Assignments
- Working Bibliography + 1 annotation (updated 3/14)
- Analyzing your audience (specifically for the refutation)
- Outline for Refutation
Peer Reviews
- Film Analysis Peer Review
- Annotated Bibliography peer review
- Reflection Peer Review
- Refutation Project peer review
Samples Related to the Assignments
- Sample "research sheet"--informal collection of sources
- Sample Outline for Film Analysis
- How to Structure a Film Analysis
- Professional film analysis, a couple of examples
- New Sample Student Annotated Bibliography (updated for MLA 8th edition)
- Refutations: further examples
More on Rhetoric and Writing
- Analyzing Arguments Basic Questions [DOC]
- The Appeals and the Modes [DOCX]
- The Top Twenty Errors: A Quick Guide to Editing
- Evaluation Criteria [DOC]
- Considering Kairos [DOCX]
- Advice on Transitions [DOCX]
- Revision Strategies [DOCX]
- Some Principles for Writing Personal Essays [DOCX]
- Advice on Introductions and Conclusions [DOCX]
- Strategies for Researching Movies
- How to Structure a Film Analysis
- Professional film analysis, a couple of examples
- Analyzing Your Audience(s)