Library Worksheet

Click the link below for access to the library worksheet. Print a copy and take to the library. It is due in class Wednesday, March 7.

Library Worksheet

Definition Essay

See below for an example outline for a definition essay. Reference for a how-to when organizing your paper 3.

The Definition Essay

Conferences Week 7-8

There IS class on Friday, February 24. NO CLASS February 27, 29 or March 2.  We will meet in my office, South Hall 122. 

Friday, February 24

10 a.m. Javier Lopez

10:15 Brian Lo

10:30 Brianna Lazcano

12:00 pm Maria Cida

12:15 ShaTyra Ross

12:30 Trevor

12:45 Jacqueline

Monday, February 27

9 a.m. Brian Deriquito

9:15 Jessica Duran

9:30 Sarah Jackson

9:45 Xavier Spells

10 a.m. William

10:15 a.m. Aaron Media

10:30

10:45 Andrew Zuniga

11:00 a.m. Kyle Cespedes

11:15 Adolfo Aguila

11:30 Jose Guzman

11:45 a.m. Michelle Galaviz

Tuesday, February 28

9:00 a.m. Jacky Velazquez

9:15 Lilieta Savieti

9:30 Noemi Cerda

9:45

10 UNAVAILABLE

10:15 UNAVAILABLE

10:30

10:45 Sean Miranda

11:00 a.m. 

11:15  Luis Navarro

11:30 Kortney Luera

11:45 Fedra Ghavami

12:00 pm Hazel Lopez

Paper 3

Paper #3—Definition Essay

Defining a Universal Symbol (Archetype) in Popular Culture

For your third formal essay, you will identify and define a universal symbol or motif found in literature or film. You may focus your essay on the discussion of symbols as read in Jutta Von Buchholtz’s essay “Archetypal Patterns: Snow-White—She was Quite a Ninny, Wasn’t She?” which discusses the different universal patterns and situations in the Snow White fairy tale. If you choose, you may write about other symbols, such as the character archetype (i.e. Sleeping Beauty as the “damsel in distress” or Superman as the “hero”), the situational archetype (i.e. the The Lord of the Rings and “the Quest”) or the symbolic archetype (i.e. the Terminator films and “Nature v. the Mechanistic World”). Choose a film, book, or other media and determine the universal archetype within it. Define the archetype and describe the characteristics, discussing what the symbols represent, as well as how and why the archetype is portrayed.

An A paper will have a clear thesis that is strong, significant, and interesting. It will demonstrate excellent composition skills including: appropriate and effective structural organization, lively and convincing supporting materials, strong and clear connections, effective diction and sentence skills, and perfect or near perfect mechanics. Your paper should be written in the academic voice, along with moments of personal reflection in the first-person narrative.  An A paper will exceed expectations.

Audience:      A peer who is intelligent and curious about human behavior.

Length:        4-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font 12 pt, MLA format

Due Dates:   1^st draft due Friday, February 24 for writing workshop (turnitin.com & 1 copy)

                        Final polished draft due Wednesday, March 7 (turnitin.com & 1 copy)

Helpful Hints

• There are many types of archetypes in popular culture—define, describe, and explore the one you choose to thoroughly discuss with descriptive examples
• Be willing to read the Buchholtz essay more than once. The more you read, the more in-depth you can go with your observations about the texts. This will make you a more responsible and critical reader/writer.
• When describing people or situations, show more and tell less.
• Visit the LSU Library for questions about symbols, archetypes, and how to identify them!!!
• Remember to cite any quotations in MLA style, and include a Works Cited page at the end of your essay. 

READING HOMEWORK: Archetypal Patterns: Snow White

Please read the following article and write a short response to it in the "Comments" section below this post.

Snow White Archetypes

READING RESPONSE DUE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 


Things to consider while you read:

* How does this article change how you read fairy-tales? Were you aware of any of these archetypal patterns before reading this article?
* In your opinion, what is an archetype?

Accessing Graded Papers On Turnitin.com

See the following article on turnitin.com for information on how to access your graded drafts:

Accessing Grademark

Midterm Review

As promised, here is a list of things that you should review for Wednesday's midterm exam. All of these were included in the readings assigned so far. 

* Dialogue & its importance

*Rhetorical situations--audience, purpose, stance, genre, media/design. Be able to define/explain each.

*Comparison & Contrast

*Be able to define description and its benefits for writers. 

*The key features of a memoir

*The two methods of organizing a comparison/contrast essay

*Figurative language used to make comparisons

*How to write a vivid description

*How to format a comparison/contrast essay

The test will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and (at least) one essay. 

Remember that your first draft of paper two is due on Friday. Bring one paper copy to class for peer review and also submit it to turnitin.com.

Final Draft, Paper One

Remember that your final draft of paper one is due tomorrow. You will bring one printed copy to class and put it on turnitin.com by the time class begins. If you're wondering where your first draft with my comments is, check your e-mail. I e-mailed everyone's draft to them last weekend.

PAPER TWO: WHAT IS A GOOD STORY?

Guidelines for Paper 2

Your third paper will be a comparison/contrast essay. Choosing two of the short films provided by the instructor, compare/contrast each of the author/storyteller’s methods for producing a well-structured narrative. Think of how your experience of viewing a story is different from writing a story (remember the personal narrative?) How are the techniques for a good story the same in every medium? How are they different? Things to consider: how the author/storyteller “shows” instead of “tells;” uses dialogue, description, setting, narrative voice, and progression of plot. Your paper should consist of a thesis statement as well as supporting ideas and evidence from the short films.  You should include textual examples from the works that you’ve chosen and cite all inclusions properly.  Any information that is not “common knowledge” must be cited as well. 

Example Thesis Statement: The film makers of “Validation” and “Signs” knew that their films would appeal more widely to female viewers than male because of their sentimentality and depiction of the hopeless romantic.

Audience:       A peer who is curious about human behavior

Length:           3-4 pages

Format:          Word processed, double spaced, standard font and margins, MLA format 

Sources:          At least 2 (the short films, reviews, etc.)

 First Draft Due: Friday February 10, 1 copy print, 1 copy e-mail, & turnitin.com

Final Draft Due: Friday, February 17, hard copy & turnitin.com

Some helpful hints-

Ø  Your paper should be academic in tone and should avoid use of “I” and “you.”  If you chose to use the word “we” then you need to specify who falls under that inclusive pronoun.

Ø  Remember that the more characteristics you cover, the less space in your paper you’ll have to cover these characteristics.  It is better to thoroughly cover each characteristic than to have superficial analyses.  At the same time, however, you do not want to repeat yourself in attempting to create in-depth arguments.

Ø  In many ways, this paper is a standard compare/contrast essay.  Format your paper according to one of the accepted formats for this type of essay.

Below are the short films on which you will base your essay. Choose two.