ENGLISH 1301 Week 6 February 22, 2018

Final Summary and Synthesis Essay Due Friday, Feb 23, 11:59:59 p.m.

Reminder Blackboard only allows .DOC or .DOCX submissions. I will not grade anything else than a .DOC or .DOCX .PAGES WILL NOT WORK

Works Cited & Intext citations You may have noticed the Eli Review feedback specified that students needed in- text citations and a Works Cited page. For the summaries, I recommended to stay away from using quotations. As a result, a works cited page / in-text citations right now are not needed. You can include a Works Cited page if you want. In the following weeks, I will go into depth on how to incorporate quotations, how to cite them, and how to create a Works Cited page for the Rhetorical Analysis.

Works Cited & Intext citations He writes, “I first discuss this game and the sorts of identity it recruits” (Gee 46). Gee writes, “I first discuss this game and the sorts of identity it recruits” (46).

Works Cited & Intext citations Prensky, Marc. “Games Are NOT the Enemy.” Don’t Bother Me Mom—I’m Learning: How Computer and Video Games Are Preparing Your Kids for 21st Century Success—and How You Can Help! Paragon House, 2006, pp. 1-15. Gee, James Paul. “Learning and Identity: What Does It Mean to be a Half- Elf?” What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy. Revised and updated ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 45-69.

Format of Summary/Synthesis Opening Synthesis Paragraph   Summary paragraph 1 of article you chose Text here … (300 – 400 WORDS) Summary paragraph 2 of article you chose Writer’s Memo

Things You Should Do Before Submitting Your final Go to Eli Review. Rate the feedback you received and add them to your revision plan. Go to the Writing Center at least once. I have office hours today. I can provide specific feedback on your paper before you submit it. Check the list of criteria on the UNIT II instructions sheet. (Make sure you meet everything. Ask me if you have questions about something.)

Freewriting, Rhetoric, Introduce Rhetorical Analysis Topics of the Day Freewriting, Rhetoric, Introduce Rhetorical Analysis

Free Writing List and Discuss at least 4-5 different steps to take when writing a Rhetorical Analysis

Readings for Today 1.) Read “Analyzing Written Arguments” – Found in Unit III 2.) Watch “Gaming Can Make a Better World” by Jane McGonigal:

The Rhetorical Analysis – In short, for this paper you will make an argument about the effectiveness of a text and how it works rhetorically or has specific effects for a specific audience (or audiences) in its specific context(s). Your argument may be that a text is effective, ineffective, partially effective, or effective for some audiences but not others, because of certain rhetorical aspects of the text or ways it responds to (or doesn’t respond to) the rhetorical situation.

Group work “Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis” : Step 1: Select an Argument to Analyze

Group work “Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis” : Step 2: Analyze the Context (Use your phone/laptop/tablet to research.) WHO IS THE AUTHOR? (JANE MCGONIGAL) WHAT HAS MOTIVATED THE AUTHOR TO WRITE / SPEAK? WHO IS THE AUDIENCE? WHAT IS A TED TALK? (FIND EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT TED CONFERENCES) WHAT KIND OF AUDIENCE DOES A TED TALK ATTRACT? HOW DOES THE OCCASION AND FORUM (TED CONFERENCE) AFFECT MCGONIGAL’S ARGUMENT? HOW MUCH WOULD THE AUDIENCE KNOW ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER? WOULD THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE? LIKE OR DISLIKE IT? WOULD THEY BE NEUTRAL?

Group work “Steps to Writing a Rhetorical Analysis” : Step 2: Analyze the Text The Argument WHAT IS THE PURPOSE / MAIN CLAIM? WHAT IS THE AUTHOR TRYING TO PERSUADE THE AUDIENCE TO DO OR BELIEVE? WHAT REASONS ARE GIVEN TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM? WHY IS SHE TARGETING THIS SPECIFIC AUDIENCE?

Week 7 Work Pick one article from the Unit III folder:

Week 7 Work 2 paragraphs: 1st – Pick one article of the three. Then, write a draft of a summary of the text you have chosen to write your rhetorical analysis on.  As you draft this summary, keep in mind the aspects of summarizing that we've covered over the last few weeks: Be clear about the author's major claims and how they support them; Use attributive tags; avoid inserting your opinion; explain the author's reasoning or evidence to support their major idea; and use your own words to restate the author's argument.

Week 7 Work 2 paragraphs: 2nd – Write a paragraph that explains the rhetorical context for the text you're analyzing. Be sure to address the following questions: Who is the author? What can you find out about them? Where was this text published? What do you need to know about this venue? Who is the audience of this text? Be as specific as possible. How do you know who this audience is? What do you know about what the audience believes or values? What is the exigence for this text? (Put differently, what is the problem that they're responding to?) What is the author's purpose? (What do they want the audience to think, feel, or do)? Is there anything else you know about the context, or something about the context that you want to know more about?

Due Monday, Feb 26, 11:59:59 p.m. Week 7 Work Read: (Unit III – Options for Rhetorical Analysis Khan, Juliet. “No Girl Wins: Three Ways Women Unlearn their Love of Video Games.” Stuart Keith. “The Identity Paradox: Why Game Characters are Not Us, but Should Be.” Due Monday, Feb 26, 11:59:59 p.m.