ENGL 1312 North American University Civil Disobedience By Henry David Analysis

Student will:

1. Write a CRITICAL ANALYSIS essay which informs or increases the reader’s understanding about the selected text.
2. Write according to length and format instructions: 750+ words, double spaced with 1 inch margins, and typed in 12pt. font Times New Roman, and MLA Style.
3. Conduct research using library catalog and databases.
4. Employ a variety of 3 acceptable research sources minimum.
5. Document research sources according to MLA standards.
6. Actively engage in peer-review sessions and use peers’ feedback, together with a tutor’s comments, to revise essay.
7. Apply Edited American English

1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes (ACGM).
2. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution (ACGM).
3. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts (ACGM).
4. Teamwork: Ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal (THECB).
5. Personal Responsibility: Ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making (THECB

1. Select, read, and analyze one of the four selected readings examining the five elements of exposition: Thesis, Purpose, Strategy, Audience, and Tone. Write a critique of this author’s writing. You may also offer your opinion of its strengths and weaknesses. Avoid arguing the issue with the writer; simply critique the essay. Critical reading:
2. 1. Identify the author’s thesis and purpose
   2. Analyze the structure of the passage by identifying all main ideas
   3. Consult a dictionary or encyclopedia to understand material that is unfamiliar to you
   4. Make an outline of the work or write a description of it
   5. Write a summary of the work
   6. Determine the purpose which could be
   • To inform with factual material
   • To persuade with appeal to reason or emotions
   • To entertain (to affect people’s emotions)
   • Evaluate the means by which the author has accomplished his purpose
   • If the purpose is to inform, has the material been presented clearly, accurately, with order and coherence?
   • If the purpose is to persuade, look for evidence, logical reasoning, contrary evidence
   • If the purpose was to entertain, determine how emotions are affected: does it make you laugh, cry, angry? Why did it affect you?

   Consider the following questions: How is the material organized? Who is the intended audience? What are the writer’s assumptions about the audience? What kind of language and imagery does the author use?

1. SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR CRITICAL ESSAY.
2. After the passage under analysis has been carefully studied, the critique can be drafted using this sample outline.
   • I. Background information to help your readers understand the nature of the work
     • A. Information about the work
       • 1. Title
       • 2. Author
       • 3. Publication information
       • 4. Statement of topic and purpose
     • B. Thesis statement indicating writer’s main reaction to the work
   • II. Summary or description of the work
   • III. Interpretation and/or evaluation
     • A. Discussion of the work’s organization
     • B. Discussion of the work’s style
     • C. Effectiveness
     • D. Discussion of the topic’s treatment
     • E. Discussion of appeal to a particular audience