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English 101

Seminar Paper for Unit 2 (The Review)10 points

Due: Monday, 10/26:

What to read and write about: “Our Vanishing Night,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg, pp 240-243, and “The Ugly Tourist,” by Jamaica Kincaid, pages 199-202, in 50 Essays.

Quotationrequirements: For each essay read, your answers to the questions below should include at least two quotations, though they can include more. These quotations can be introduced in any of the three ways we have learned: 1) with a short signal phrase; 2) with a full sentence of your own and a colon; 3) blended into the grammar of your sentence. All quotations should be followed by parenthetical page citations. Do not use quotations longer than four typed lines of your text, which require a different kind of formatting and are too long for this short seminar paper assignment.

The Questions:

1.Questions? Confusions? What parts both essays confuse you or do you have questions about? Ask your questions and then spend a few sentences speculating about what the answers might be. If you have no confusions, then discuss whatever part of each essay seems particularly complicated, ambiguous, or open to interpretation. Offer your ideas about these parts of the reading.

2.In each essay, what particular moment or phrase or sentence stands out to you as interesting or meaningful? Why do you think it stands out and how is it meaningful? What does it mean, and how does that moment connect to the overall meaning of the whole essay?

3.For “Our Vanishing Night,” answer question 2on page 243-4. For “The Ugly Tourist,” answer question 1 or question 5 on page 202.

4.Discuss how each essay uses ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to readers and support its argument. Give specific examples.

Format: Same as before:

  • Word-processed and double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, 12-point font.
  • Name in upper right corner.
  • Number your answers according to the questions on this sheet.
  • Title with the number of the seminar paper (Seminar Paper #1, #2, etc) and the titles of the essays discussed. The titles of the essays should be in quotation marks and capitalized according to MLA rules for capitalization in titles.

Submission method: On paper

Length: For each essay, approximately 1 ½ - 2 pages typed and double-spaced, or about 300 – 400.

Grading: 10 points, as follows:

  • Shows that you have read the entire text; it shows an accurate comprehension of the text (2.5 pts).
  • Answers the questions fully and deeply, presenting examples and discussing them, showing involvement in and curiosity about the reading (3 pts).
  • Includes the required references to the text, and the mechanics of quotation, paraphrase, or summary are correct (2.5 pts).
  • Is proofread, and there are no major grammatical errors (2 pts).