ENGL 1312 Civil Disobedience By Henry David Analysis
Student will:
Homework help – Write a CRITICAL ANALYSIS essay which informs or increases the reader’s understanding about the selected text.
Homework help – Write according to length and format instructions: 750+ words, double spaced with 1 inch margins, and typed in 12pt. font Times New Roman, and MLA Style.
Conduct research using library catalog and databases.
Employ a variety of 3 acceptable research sources minimum.
Document research sources according to MLA standards.
Actively engage in peer-review sessions and use peers’ feedback, together with a tutor’s comments, to revise essay.
Apply Edited American English
Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes (ACGM).
Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution (ACGM).
Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts (ACGM).
Teamwork: Ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal (THECB).
Personal Responsibility: Ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making (THECB
Select, read, and analyze one of the four selected readings examining the five elements of exposition: Thesis, Purpose, Strategy, Audience, and Tone. Homework help – Write a critique of this author’s writing. You may also offer your opinion of its strengths and weaknesses. Avoid arguing the issue with the writer; simply critique the essay. Critical reading:
Identify the author’s thesis and purpose
Analyze the structure of the passage by identifying all main ideas
Consult a dictionary or encyclopedia to understand material that is unfamiliar to you
Make an outline of the work or write a description of it
Homework help – Write a summary of the work
Determine the purpose which could be
To inform with factual material
To persuade with appeal to reason or emotions
To entertain (to affect people’s emotions)
Evaluate the means by which the author has accomplished his purpose
If the purpose is to inform, has the material been presented clearly, accurately, with order and coherence?
If the purpose is to persuade, look for evidence, logical reasoning, contrary evidence
If the purpose was to entertain, determine how emotions are affected: does it make you laugh, cry, angry? Why did it affect you?
Consider the following questions: How is the material organized? Who is the intended audience? What are the writer’s assumptions about the audience? What kind of language and imagery does the author use?
SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR CRITICAL ESSAY.
After the passage under analysis has been carefully studied, the critique can be drafted using this sample outline.
I. Background information to help your readers understand the nature of the work
A. Information about the work
1. Title
2. Author
3. Publication information
4. Statement of topic and purpose
B. Thesis statement indicating writer’s main reaction to the work
II. Summary or description of the work
III. Interpretation and/or evaluation
A. Assignment help – Discussion of the work’s organization
B. Assignment help – Discussion of the work’s style
C. Effectiveness
D. Assignment help – Discussion of the topic’s treatment
E. Assignment help – Discussion of appeal to a particular audience
