WORTH: 8% of semester grade if long / 3% if Short
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hussein_sa_22.doc
THIS
IS ASSIGNMENT 22
This essay is the third 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. There is also an extra-credit version that requires watching both films
The specific instructions for the "short" and extra-credit version appear towards the end.
The author of The Godfather Effect argues that the films' appeal is to be found in the ways in which the films offered the antidote of a nostalgically remembered past for an audience who found their assimilated suburban lives lacking in "authenticity" and their work lives as dead-end and without real benefits or a future.
| Using specific evidence from either The Godfather or Godfather Part II, demonstrate the accuracy (or inaccuracy) of the The Godfather Effect's argument. |
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 eight points of evidence, with at least five of those eight coming from either The Godfather or Godfather Part II and at least two coming from Santopietro's The Godfather Effect(-15% pts if you don't). Your evidence should be in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to reduce quotations)
The remaining 2 pieces of evidence can come from either of the readings or the films. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE EVIDENCE!
YOUR PAPER, HOWEVER, MIGHT EASILY HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT PIECES OF EVIDENCE.
4) Identify all pages from the reading in any format you want (e.g. (Santopietror, p. 71) and time-stamp (e.g. "46:13") from the film.
5) In paragraphs that present evidence, 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)
6) You must integrate your direct quotations using either METHOD 3 OR METHOD 4 FROM THE EXPLANATION OF HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS (-10% IF YOU DO NOT)
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, with at least two of those four coming from The Godfather or G.F. P. 2and two coming from Godfather Effec (-15% pts if you don't). Your evidence should be in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words (see here for how to reduce quotations) 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 integrate your direct quotations using either METHOD 3 OR METHOD 4 FROM THE EXPLANATION OF HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS (-10% IF YOU DO NOT)
EXTRA-CREDIT VERSION (750 - 1000 WORDS) (up to 3 extra semester credit points)
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 thirteen points of evidence, with at least five of those coming th The Godfather and five from the Godfather Part II and at least two coming from Santopietro's The Godfather Effect(-15% pts if you don't). Your evidence should be in the form of direct quotations of no more than 10 words. (see here for how to reduce quotations)
The remaining pieces of evidence can come from either of the readings or the films. DO NOT USE OUTSIDE EVIDENCE!
YOUR PAPER, HOWEVER, MIGHT EASILY HAVE MORE THAN THIRTEEN PIECES OF EVIDENCE.
4) Identify all pages from the reading in any format you want (e.g. (Santopietror, p. 71) and time-stamp (e.g. "46:13") from the film.
5) In paragraphs that present evidence, 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)
6) You must integrate your direct quotations using either METHOD 3 OR METHOD 4 FROM THE EXPLANATION OF HOW TO INTEGRATE QUOTATIONS (-10% IF YOU DO NOT)