O Do NOT Review the Issue Behind the Film Or Raised by the Film

REMINDERS

·  FILM review:

o  do NOT review the issue behind the film or raised by the film

o  review the film

§  its strengths and weaknesses

§  in terms of LPE, subtext, fallacies

·  Relate each strength or weakness to

o  subtext

o  Logos, Pathos, Ethos

o  the fallacies

§  fallacies exhibited by the movie

§  fallacies exhibited by the characters

§  NAME the FALLACY

·  when discussing strengths or weaknesses

·  use the terms we have studied

·  Illustrate each point:

o  use an example from the movie

o  describe a scene or some dialogue

·  INTRODUCTION:

o  introduce your film

o  names of director, actors, writers, and characters

o  brief plot synopsis

o  end with thesis statement

·  no “you” throughout:

o  instead, use “viewer” or “viewers,” “audience,”

o  or “one” (3rd person, general) or “I” (1st person)

·  page headers:

o  on page 1 –

§  your name

§  my name

§  ENG 102-701

§  due date

§  assignment

o  on the remaining pages –

§  last name – page #

§  even on the Works Consulted page

·  spelling:

o  especially with possessives (plural = just add “s”, ownership = “’s”)

o  “effect” = noun, “affect” = verb (usually, outside of psychology)

DOCUMENTATION
o  CITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
o  place a parenthetical after EVERY sentence of borrowed information
§  after EVERY sentence that employs a direct quote or paraphrased information
§  after EVERY sentence with data you did NOT know BEFORE (AYK)
§  even Web sources are followed by parentheticals:
·  lead-in expression = author & credentials, title, AND identify the source as “online,” “Web,” “Internet,” or “electronic” source/article
·  page number
·  or, in lieu of page numbers, “Subheading”
o  capitalized (like a title)
o  in quotes (like a title)
o  (some division of the article that will make easier the reader’s task of finding your quote)
·  if neither of those, then paragraph # (in shorter article)
o  lead-in verbs:
§  = present tense
·  even though the article was written in the past, we use the present to refer to anything the author suggests, offers, asserts, …
§  the author does not “say” in a written work
·  consult the lead-in sheet for a long list of appropriate alternatives
·  such as suggest, offer, assert, claim, argue, discuss
o  do NOT end a paragraph with someone else’s words or ideas:
§  instead, end with a warrant statement (thus, therefore) that reiterates the paragraph’s main point
§  bring the paragraph full-circle, referring to the point mentioned in the paragraph’s topic sentence
o  use TURNITIN.COM as guide to what you need to cite
§  granted, it will still flag cited material, but that forces to ensure that you have actually cited everything
§  granted, too, that it’s not a perfect system and may miss some (that’s why we have peer editors)
o  WHEN IN DOUBT, CITE.