WORTH: 8% of semester grade if long / 3% if Short
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SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE
(5% penalty if you do not).
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followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed
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were to submit assignment number 19, the file name would
be:
hussein_sa_19.doc
THIS
IS ASSIGNMENT 19
This essay is the second of three short/long papers. For these three papers, you must do the "long" (2 - 3 pages) version of one of the three and the "short" (2 paragraphs) version for the other two. Which papers you do "long" and which you do "short," however, is up to you.
The specific instructions for the "short version" appear towards the end.
The author of American Psychosis argues that (p.45) "Ken Kessey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. . .immediately developed cult status among opponents of state hospitals. . .Kessey portrayed mental patients as fundamentally sane and implied that if they were simply allowed to leave they hospital, they would live happily ever after."
| Using specific evidence from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, demonstrate the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of the argument in American Psychosis. |
LONG VERSION (500-750 WORDS)
Writing Requirements:
1) You must have a clear thesis statement within the first two paragraphs of this paper (and preferably in the first paragraph). (-5% pts if you don't)
2) You must underline your thesis statement (-5% pts if you don't)
3) You must have at least seven points of evidence -- either quotes from the film or specific and careful descriptions of particular scenes.
4) you must identify your claims by placing a (CL) before them; your points of evidence by placing an (EV) before them; and your warrants by placing a (WA) before them (-5% pts if you don't)
5) YOU MUST PROVIDE A TIMESTAMP FOR ALL EVIDENCE YOU EMPLOY FROM THE FILM (-10% pts if you don't)
GRADING RUBRIC
I will be grading your essays using this rubric (delivered as a microsoft word .doc to your desktop)
You might want to look over the rubric before starting to write the paper so that you know my expectations in advance of writing the paper.
SHORT VERSION
Writing Guidelines For Long Version:
Additional Writing Requirements
1) You need only 2 cl/ev/wa paragraphs; no intro, no conclusion
2) You must have at least four points of evidence-- either quotes from the film or specific and careful descriptions of particular scenes.
3) you must identify your claims by placing a (CL) before them; your points of evidence by placing an (EV) before them; and your warrants by placing a (WA) before them (-5% pts if you don't)
4) YOU MUST PROVIDE A TIMESTAMP FOR ALL EVIDENCE YOU EMPLOY FROM THE FILM (-10% pts if you don't)