Syllabus
When is the final for this class?
8:00 -- Friday at 8:00 AM
9:00 -- Wednesday at 8:00 AM
10:00 -- Friday at 10:15 AM
What font, font-size, and line spacing does MLA call for?
Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced
Name the three major essays we wrote for this class
Children's book analysis, fairy tale analysis, Wikipedia project
Who wrote "A Modest Proposal," and what does the author propose?
Author: Jonathan Swift
Swift satirically proposes eating the babies of Ireland to combat poverty
What's one tip for writing concisely? What's one tip for writing descriptively?
Get rid of redundancy, Remove passive verbs, and Remove vague words
Use all of the senses, include vivid similes and metaphors
How many points is the final exam (portfolio and final quiz) worth?
100 pts (10% of total grade)
What order should a Works Cited be in?
Alphabetical order
Name 2 lenses you could have used for your fairy tale analysis, and explain what they do.
New-Historicist: Examines context of a work
Marxist: Examines power-dynamics in a work, especially in the context of capitalism
Feminist: Examines the gender roles and dynamics in a work
Psychoanalytic: Examines the unspoken/subconscious desires and fears within a work, esp. in relation to sexual development
Archetypal: Examines the recurrent types of characters in a work
Define Satire
Satire: "the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues"
What's one thing I tell you to exclude in your writing?
The use of "you"
Vague nouns (it, them, they, that)
Passive verbs (am, is, are, was, were, has, has been)
What's my name, and what classroom are you in right now?
Jane Blakeley
8:00 HU 104
9:00 HU 212
10:00 HU 202
What is the purpose of a literature review? What, broadly, is included in a literature review?
A literature review organizes the existing research (and helps identify holes in the research), serves as a quick refresh for the author, background knowledge for the reader, and provides the author with the necessary ethos.
Generally, a literature review should have an intro (which outlines the organization of the review, highlighting broad trends), a body (which reviews the existing literature on a particular subject), and a conclusion (which reminds the reader of the trends in the literature and identifies the path forward).
Name three elements you could have examined in your children's book analysis
Audience, Kairos, Intertextuality, Ethos (credibility), Pathos (emotion), Logos (logic/evidence), color, imagery, representation, etc.
Write down the format for a complaint letter on the board
Addressee
Addressee Title
Addressee Address
Address 2
Date
Dear Addressee:
Problem paragraph
Buttering up paragraph
What you want done paragraph
Sincerely,
Signer
P.S. Small, believable threat that reiterates what you want done
Why should you not use "you" in your writing?
It makes assumptions about your reader (i.e. "You should stop smoking because smoking causes lung cancer.")
What percentage of each major essay grade is based on peer review?
15%
Using the citation and info below, create a correct in-text citation
In the beginning (1st paragraph) of the story, the young protagonist, Little Red Riding Hood, is presented as a “little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen” who is doted on by her mother and grandmother.
Perrault, Charles. “Little Red Riding Hood.” Little Red Riding Hood and Other Tales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther, edited by D.L. Ashliman, 2015, http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html.
In the beginning of the story, the young protagonist, Little Red Riding Hood, is presented as a “little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen” who is doted on by her mother and grandmother (Perrault par. 1).
Name 2 tips for making Wikipedia edits
Write clearly, informatively, and without unnecessary jargon
Be concise
Avoid writing in first or second person (avoid the perception of a perspective)
Provide necessary context (state the obvious)
Avoid peacock and weasel terms
According to the reading we did in class, what is the least effective mode/format to complain and get what you want?
What are two mistakes people often make when complaining? (What are the two extremes?)
By phone is the least effective mode
Asking meekly and apologizing; being overly rude and loud. Alternately, not knowing what you want, not being clear about how you've been wronged.
Define ethos, pathos, and logos. Provide examples of each
Ethos: Appeals to credibility
Pathos: Appeals to emotion
Logos: Appeals to logic/evidence
Examples will vary
Name all of the things that should be included in your portfolio (name each)
Cover letter, table of contents*, Am Not! Are Too! Blog, Modest Proposal Blog, Complaint Letter Blog, Children's Book Analysis, Fairy Tale Analysis, and Wikipedia Project Essay
Use the info below to create a citation for a chapter in a book:
Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Author: J. K. Rowling
Chapter Title: "The Boy Who Lived"
Pages where chapter appears: 2-14
Date Published: 2001
Publisher: Scholastic
Rowling, J. K. "The Boy Who Lived." Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Scholastic, 2001, pp. 2-14.
Where can you find out who made which edits when on a Wikipedia page?
How many sources (and of what type) did you need for the Wikipedia essay?
Under the "Page History" tab
You needed 7 total sources: 3 academic/library, 3 popular, and 1 Wikipedia page
Name the subject of one of your peer's blog posts who is not in your group
Answers will vary
Name three fallacies and come up with an example for each
Emotion: Scare tactics, either/or choices, slippery slope, bandwagon, sentimental
Credibility/Authority: False Authority, Dogmatism, Ad hominem, Stack the Deck
Evidence/Logic: Hasty Generalizations, Faulty causality (post hoc, ergo propter hoc and correlation = causation), Begging the question (circular argumentation), Equivocations, Non sequitur, Straw Man, Red Herring, Faulty Analogy