Thesis bases Analytical Essay

Comic Spirit

Include a conclusion paragraph that restates
your argument
and gestures to a
larger conclusion.

Assignment
Write a thesis
–
based analytical essay on ONE of the following readings or videos. In your
essay, make sure to identify relevant rhetorical techniques in order to explain
what
the
author is arguing and
how
he is doing so:
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Jonathan Swift,
“A Modest Proposal
”
?
Jon Stewart,
“Conservative Libertarian
”
O
R
“
Challahfax vs. Halalifax
”
?
Dave Chappelle,
“Black White Supremacist
”
?
Christopher Hitchens,
“Why Women Aren
’t Funny
”
Tips
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There is a sample paper available online.
The WK13 PowerPoint has links to the
videos (scroll to the end).
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Make sure to read “The Criteria for Grading a Humanities Composition,” available
online.
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Do not recap lecture or the secondary reading. Instead, use the in
–
class lecture
material and secondary reading to provide an original argument about the text.
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Use quotations. Analyzing specific words and phrases, and using that analysis to
build your arg
ument, is the backbone of a close reading and of literary analysis.
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P
roofread your paper
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