Step 1:First read Chapter 26 “From Tweet to Reports: On Social Media and Academic Writing.”
Step 2:After reading that chapter, respond to the following:
This chapter discusses the concept of “participating in conversations.” How does the chapter describe what it’s like to participate in conversations on social media? What connections do you see between participation as it is described here and our earlier discussions of rhetorical listening?
How is participating in conversations in a more academic environment different from how participating occurs in social media? What are some specific strategies and concepts you need to consider when writing academically, according to this chapter?
Why is establishing “common ground” with readers important to connecting with your audience, especially in academic writing?
Your chapter has several sections that discuss ways that participating in a conversation affects the WAY we write. They are: Sharing Information, Representing Yourself, Establishing Appropriate Tone, Connecting to Audiences, Providing Context, Organizing What You Write. Choose one of these sections to focus on– one that is most interesting to you. Name the section you chose to focus on.
Summarize the main idea of the section.
Explain how this section (that you chose) addresses the choices we make as writers.
Explain why this idea is new, interesting, appealing, etc to you, personally OR how it affects your understanding of what we do as writers OR how it changes the way you think about Project 2.
Reading Reflection
Instructions: Fill out a Reading Reflection entry. Include the date of your entry, the title and author of the book, the pages you read, and a brief summary of what happened in those pages. Your response to the prompt should be at least 5 sentences.
Date:
Title of the book:
Author:
Pages Read:
Summary: Briefly summarize what happened in the pages you read.
Prompt:
Explain why you chose your book. What factors went into your decision (interesting cover, summary, recommendation, etc.)? Then, examine how your book begins. Describe the events that start the story. Then tell if this is an effective way for an author to start a book. Why or why not? What would you change, or how would you start the story, and why?
Media Analysis
English Assignment Help Writing Assignment: Media Analysis
You are required to submit the FINAL copy of this assignment, but you may first submit an optional DRAFT. This will allow you to receive qualitative feedback that can inform your revision. You should always avoid focusing solely on the grader’s DRAFT feedback; use the feedback as a supplement to the course lessons and your own revision ideas. Always expect to revise beyond what the DRAFT grader specifically notes if you want to improve your score.
For this media analysis, you will analyze how one part affects the whole media production. Note that you should select only a single piece of media; you should not be discussing more than one film, for example. You should choose one1 of the following parts to explore:
? Genre: Explain how the production you chose fits into its genre.
? Camera: Analyze how the camera’s use (camera angles, for instance) affects the overall production.
? Lighting: Describe how lighting is used to enhance or detract from the production.
? Actors/Characters: Analyze how the actors OR the characters themselves enhance or detract from the production.
? Symbols: Explain what the symbols are and how their usage affects the overall production.
? Music: Describe how the music enhances or detracts from the media production.
? Sound Effects: Analyze how the sound effects enhance or detract from the production.
? Special Effects: Explain what special effects are used and how they affect the viewing experience.
? Comparison to a Literary Work: (Note: This option may only be chosen if the film you chose is also in print form.) How are the book and film similar? How are they different? Which is better, and why? Your purpose in this assignment is to explain how or why something works; therefore, you should not include a full summary of the media production. Instead, you can provide context where needed so the reader understands what is happening. The body of the essay must 1 Please review the rubric and note that you will not earn full credit if you analyze more than one of these components.
focus on your analysis. You can use the ideas contained in the Media Analysis lesson presentation and the Writer’s Handbook link to help you.
As with all college writing, your essay should have a strong thesis statement in addition to an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Other than your chosen film, television show, and/or book, you are required to cite at least one other credible2 source for this essay. This resource from the course will help you understand more about evaluating sources. Moreover, if you use specific information from the media production and/or print source, such as a quotations, you should include your chosen media source on your Works Cited page, too. Use proper parenthetical citations or signal phrases, and be sure to include MLA documentation and a Works Cited page for this assignment (this resource from the course will help).
Review the rubric to see how your work will be assessed on this assignment.
Thesis hints: You might use these guidelines in crafting your thesis:
If you are analyzing elements in a production:
In (add your one chosen production), (add character 1), (add character 2), and (add character 3) were used to (add how they enhanced the production or explained the production’s message).ORIf you are comparing/contrasting a book and film:
(Add book) contained (add one aspect that made the book better than the film), but (add film) used (add one aspect that made the film better than the book) and (add a second aspect that made the film better than the book) to better capture the reader’s imagination.
Here are more specific thesis guidelines:
If you are analyzing elements in a production:
In the movie The Lorax, the characters Lorax, Once-ler, and Alocius O’Hare were used to show how environmentalists are fighting against profit-driven industries that are harming the environment and depleting natural resources.
2 Please note: Basic dictionary sources, user-edited websites (e.g., Wikipedia, eHow, etc.), and sites that house databases of quotations are not considered “credible” sources. You will lose points in the Research category of the rubric if your sources aren’t credible.
OR
If you are comparing/contrasting a book and film:
Even though the characters were portrayed mostly the same across the book and the movie in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight, the setting in the movie was much more detailed, which made the movie a much better overall experience compared to the book.
The guidelines for this assignment are as follows: Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:
? Your first and last name
? Course Title (Composition II)
? Assignment name (Media Analysis)
? Current Date Format:
? MLA-style source documentation and Works Cited3
? Your last name and page number in the upper-right corner of each page
? Double-spacing throughout
? Standard font (TimesNewRoman, Calibri)
? Title, centered after heading
? 1” margins on all sides
? Save the file using one of the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .rtf, or .txt Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph. 3 This resource may be helpful as you are making MLA formatting decisions: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01…
In TMHG, read “Still Hungry in America” by Marian Wright Edelman (pages 244-47) and the WIC advertisement by the
In TMHG, read “Still Hungry in America” by Marian Wright Edelman (pages 244-47) and the WIC advertisement by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (page 249). Respond to at least three of the following questions (which have been extrapolated from TMHG, “Understanding a Writer’s Goals: Questions to Consider and Discuss” on pages 250). Then reply to at least five threads created by your classmates.
Audience: Describe the intended audience for the article and advertisement? Don’t just write “Readers of The Huffington Post and the WIC Works Resource System, Inc. web site,” which are facts stated explicitly in the author’s blurbs on the first page of each article in TMHG. Think about who reads those publications and why, and then consider who might be interested in the information provided in the article and advertisement.
Purposes: The primary purpose of the article and advertisement is to persuade, but what is it that each author is trying to persuade readers to believe or do? What specific strategies does each author use? (Cite specific examples from the article and advertisement.) Do you think those strategies are successful for their respective audiences? (Refer to Chapter 14 in TMGH if you need to review specific strategies.)
Voice and Tone: How would you describe the tone used in the article and advertisement? To what extent does the tone in each tone make the author seem credible or not? (To review what is meant by voice and tone, see page 6 in TMHG.)
Responsibility: To what extent do the authors responsibly present the issues of hunger and infant nutrition respectively? Are there any places in either the article or advertisement where you think the authors deliberately mislead readers or oversimplify the issues?
Content, format, and genre: As noted in TMHG, “Still Hungry in America” was published in the Huffington Post (an online magazine) and the WIC advertisement appeared in the web site of the he WIC Works Resource System. Even though Edelman’s article is considerably longer than the advertisement, both are short compared to articles in academic journals, because most readers prefer shorter pieces in popular newspapers and magazines. How might the shorter length of Edelman’s article and the advertisement constrain and/or benefit each author?