{"id":425700,"date":"2018-09-12T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acemystudy.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:52:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:52:37","slug":"analysis-of-an-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/analysis-of-an-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of an Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-9 col-sm-16\">\n<h2 class=\"form-control-static orderTopic\" title=\"Analysis of an esay\">Analysis of an Essay<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-10 col-md-9 col-sm-16\"><label class=\"control-label\">Description<\/label>Read one or more essay(s) by David Foster Wallace and write an analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the author&#8217;s essays appear online:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/154504-8-david-foster-wallace-essays-you-can-read-online-right-now (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/02\/23_free_essays_stories_by_david_foster_wallace_available_on_the_web.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.<\/p>\n<p>Write an analysis of 1,000 words minimum (approximately four double-spaced pages). Your analysis should address what makes the essay(s) unique.<\/p>\n<p>The essay should be formatted in MLA style in Times New Roman 12-point font with the following header:<\/p>\n<p>Student Name (Always replace with YOUR name)<br \/>\nInstructor: Don Bapst<br \/>\nENGRW 300<br \/>\nDue Date: 21 March 2018 (Always replace with the correct due date in this order: number, month spelled out, year)<\/p>\n<p>For this essay, you should not consult or cite from any other sources other than the assigned article. Since you are only citing from one source, your \u201cWorks Cited\u201d page will include only one work. I have already formatted the source for your convenience, using Wallace&#8217;s &#8220;Consider the Lobster&#8221; article as an example:<\/p>\n<p>Works Cited<\/p>\n<p>Wallace, David Foster. \u201cConsider the Lobster.\u201d Gourmet Magazine, Aug. 2004, pp. 50-64.<\/p>\n<p>For this assignment, I have chosen your target audience for you. You will write your paper so that your position is clear to a fellow student in the class\u2014a peer\u2014who has not yet read this article, using direct examples from the article to support your points.<\/p>\n<p>As long as you have included the \u201cWorks Cited\u201d page at the end of your paper, as indicated above, you do not need to include in-text citations in parentheses in your paper. However, you will need to make it clear each time you paraphrase or quote from the article. For example, \u201cAccording to Wallace\u2026\u201d or \u201cThe author goes on to say\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your analysis should include the following:<\/p>\n<p>An introduction that grabs the target audience\u2019s attention, introduces the subject of your paper (in this case the David Foster Wallace\u2019s article(s) you are writing about), and concludes with a thesis statement that describes in one sentence the position you are taking in your analysis. Your thesis should address the question of what techniques and\/or features of the writer\u2019s argument make it unique.<br \/>\nAt least one paragraph each on the following aspects of the essay:<br \/>\nWhat is the author\u2019s position? In other words, what is his main point? (Hint, saying that Wallace is all \u201cfor\u201d or \u201cagainst\u201d eating lobster in his article on the subject would be to grossly over-simplify his position, so be very specific.)<br \/>\nWho is the author\u2019s target audience? What techniques does the author use to get their attention and to persuade them?<br \/>\nWhat type of written techniques does the author use to make his argument? Consider all of the following:<br \/>\nIs the essay written in the first, second, or third person or a mixture of these?<br \/>\nWhat type of language does the author use to appeal to his audience (formal, informal, conversational, professional, etc.)?<br \/>\nWhat tone does the writer use and which specific types of language in the text creates this tone? What effect does the author\u2019s tone (along with his style) have on the overall argument?<br \/>\nHow does the author use footnotes in a unique way in his argument, and how does this affect the persuasive quality of the essay? (Note: footnotes are not used in this essay to provide citation information, nor are footnotes used for this purpose in MLA style, which will be using in the class.)<br \/>\nHow does the writer use sources (if any) in his argument? Though he does not use MLA style as we\u2019ll be using in the class, how does he incorporate his sources into the argument to make it clear to his audience when he is drawing on his sources outside his own personal experience?<br \/>\nA conclusion that very briefly (in one or two sentences) reinforces the main points of your analysis then gives your target audience the sense of where to go next.<br \/>\nWhile your conclusion can and should begin by recapping your main argument and thesis, you should never merely repeat what you said earlier in the paper. Find a way to give your main point in a fresh and succinct way that draws on the force of the supporting paragraphs that precede the conclusion.<br \/>\nA great conclusion often ends on a call to action. When your paper is the analysis of a work of literature or a written argument, your call to action could be an invitation to discover the work of a writer or an appeal to look more carefully at a work that has been taken for granted. Another great way to conclude any essay is to make sure the conclusion answers the question \u201cSo what?\u201d Your audience has listened to your argument, now why should they care?<br \/>\nNotice that nowhere in the directions have you been asked to give your thoughts on where you stand on topic Wallace has explored in his essay(s). Rather, you are asked to analyze his position and target audience and how he uses language to make his argument to that target audience.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, you can insert your own perspective on the topic itself whenever your thoughts on the topic relate to the author\u2019s written techniques. For example, \u201cThough I personally love eating lobster and intend to continue consuming the culinary treat, Wallace\u2019s vivid description of a lobster struggling to get out of boiling water appealed to my emotions with the use of explicit sensory detail, making me question some assumptions I held about how a crustacean perceives the world. This is surely the type of reaction the author intended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis of an Essay DescriptionRead one or more essay(s) by David Foster Wallace and write an analysis. Many of the author&#8217;s essays appear online: https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/articles\/154504-8-david-foster-wallace-essays-you-can-read-online-right-now (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/02\/23_free_essays_stories_by_david_foster_wallace_available_on_the_web.html (Links to an external site.)Links <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/analysis-of-an-essay\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}