Category: English

Thematic Analysis
3 Pages, 12 pt. font, 1-inch margins
Due: May 15
Overview:
Themes are ideas that get repeated or returned to over the course of a work of literature. Themes can tell us what a work of literature is “about” in a deeper sense. In Oedipus, we discussed two themes: fate and free will and sight and blindness. We also discussed the technique of dramatic irony. Dramatic irony is not a theme, but it is a technique that is repeated throughout Oedipus and can also tell us what it is about.
In this essay, you will use an analysis of one of the two themes or the technique of dramatic irony that we discussed to make an argument about what Oedipus is about on a deeper level.
Sample Outline:
Paragraph 1: Introduction
Give an account of what Oedipus is about on the surface
Introduce the theme or technique that helps you to see what Oedipus is about on a deeper level
Explain in brief what you will discuss in your two body paragraphs
Provide your thesis, or argument
Paragraphs 2-4: Evidence
Start with a topic sentence that describes how the theme or technique operates in a particular moment in the text
Introduce and contextualize the moment in the text
Provide a quote that illustrates the theme or technique at work in that moment
Explain how the quote illustrates the theme or technique
Tie back to your thesis
Paragraph 5: Conclusion
Reflect on what you think Oedipus is about on a deeper level
Make connections to your own experience, our current moment, or other topics and considerations
Instructions:
In a Word or Google Doc, write your essay. Be sure to use quotes to back up your claims and to cite your quotes properly using MLA format. See the attached evaluation guide for how I will be evaluating you.

The research paper is based off the novel “the day of the locust” by nathanael west . The prompt to answer is – Cross-fertilization is the crossing of media or genres. Thinking about the literary element of narrator or narrative technique, explain how the novel is filmic or cinematic. Explain what makes the novel as filmic or cinematic. You may connect this to a movie you have seen that has the same theme as the novel. Use MLA format. Use the 6 sources that I provided for you. Finally make a works cited page. If you have any questions or need any links please let me know.

I need a 6 page research essay about a focuesed and consiced topic.  Before choosing a topic I need 5 questions answered because I need to approve of the topic before you start on it. 
What is my topic choice?
Why did I choose this topic?
What potential research questions do I hope to answer?
By the end of my paper, my reader should understand the following:
What are at least two sources I intend to use to answer my research questions? 
Other requirements are listed on the attatchment below. Thanks!

Hey. I want you to write this essay for me. I want it to sound very good and effective but please don’t use
Too many complex words so that it would like I wrote the essay. I also want you to include that I have faced essay when I first came to the USA. PLEASE MAKE IT SOUND GOOD AND AFFECTIVE and PLEASE USE 11 sources . AND PLEASE DONT USE CHAT GPT. 
“Clearly identify an arguable, academic thesis that is supported with clarity
throughout the paper.
⮚ Demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic chosen and the relevant literature.
⮚ Make accurate, insightful arguments as to the nature of the topic and its application
to human identity constructs. Technically proficient but shallow writing is only
adequate, and demonstrates no depth of critical thinking.”
And thank you very much

For this essay, you will need to select a misconception, myth, or just flat-out bad idea about writing and address it. You will need to find evidence to dispute that idea. This will require you to consider a number of things:
Who espouses or promulgates this bad idea? (Context)
Why is it bad? (Thesis)
Why does it matter that it is bad? (Exigency)
What is the reality, and how do you know? (Research)
For example, you could write about the myth that African-American vernaculars are grammatically flawed, how that affects African-American communities, and how the myth has been proven false. Or, you could look into writer’s block as a pervasive phenomenon or take to task the myth of the writer as a solitary genius. Please do not shy away from linking two or three of our “bad ideas” together to make a larger point about how writing is misunderstood. Whatever you do, follow up with a new interpretation, rule, or heuristic for writing that displaces the myth you’ve chosen to expose. We will talk about how to do this effectively, but you should know that simply disproving a myth does not necessarily make it go away; people are not often welcoming of uncertainty in the place of former, perceived certainty.
For this assignment, you will need to incorporate a minimum of six (6) sources. At least one of your sources must help you articulate the strongest opposing viewpoints or counter-argument to the position you are taking regarding the cultural myth you are addressing. Use primary, secondary and tertiary sources to support your claim. These sources can include a person you interview yourself, excerpts from primary source interviews, a documentary, a book, a journal article, a newspaper article, or course readings from Bad Ideas About Writing. Any sources that you find outside of the Farmingdale Library Databases must be approved by me. The rhetorical success of your argument will depend largely on your ability to choose strong evidence that your audience finds plausible and persuasive. Use the MLA style format to document your sources.
Your essays must be typed, using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. Please submit the final draft of your essay to the DropBox.
Before submitting your essay, ask yourself the following questions:
Is my introduction enticing? Would a reader with only a marginal interest in my topic be motivated to read further after reading my introduction?
Is there any way for me to strengthen and/or clarify my thesis (without using personal pronouns)?
Have I done a good job of explaining the myths or misperceptions I am challenging?
Have I effectively addressed opposing viewpoints without resorting to condescension or disrespect?
Have I chosen strong evidence/example/s to debunk the myth/s in question?
Are my paragraphs well developed with a controlling idea tying the information in each paragraph together?
Am I transitioning smoothly from one idea to the next, one sentence to the next, and one paragraph to the next?
Have I accurately paraphrased important information from my sources in my own words?
Have I cited my sources correctly in the body of my essay?
Have I sufficiently introduced, contextualized, and explained quoted material i.e. have I “sandwiched” my quotes?
Have I avoided over-using quotation?
Are my sources properly formatted on the Works Cited page?
Are there any grammatical errors or typos in my essay that might distract my readers?
**MUST USE MY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES FROM THE ATTACHMENT**

Read these sample letters-to-the-editor
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-last-safe-bigotry-on-american-tv-11652373316?mod=opinion_major_pos17&mod=article_inline
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/05/some-afghan-refugees-there-is-no-safety-net/
Consider how you can use them as models for your own writing
Identify two articles from opposing media bias perspectives:
Use the Ad Fontes Media Topic of the Week pages to find two articles from opposing media bias perspectives. Ad Fontes Media shows a “bias score” and a “reliability score” for each article, and it presents you with sets of articles to compare on the same topic.

Topic of the Week – Starter

Select 2 articles about the same topic, published in the last month, to respond to in the form of letters to the editor. One article should be from a left-leaning (skews left) publication and one to a right-leaning (skews right) publication. Select articles that provoke a strong emotional response in you as you read them.
Confirm that your selections will work for this assignment by using SIFT to investigate how the topic could be discussed without bias. Ask as you read:
What context was stripped away from the biased presentation?
What does the recontextualization add to the discussion?
Conduct lateral reading to fact-check and find reference sources to better coverage that can be linked to your letters to the editor. **Please note: You should use at least one outside source per letter in this assignment
Finally, create a Works Cited page for the reference sources you used in your letters to the editor.
Use a Graphic Organizer to Plan Your Letters
One letter is a challenge to the editor of the left-leaning publication.
The other letter is a challenge to the editor of the right-leaning publication.
Once you choose your opposing-bias articles about the same topic, use this graphic organizer to plan and structure your ideas to help get started writing your letters. Be sure to provide a link to each of the outside source(s) you used in your preparation and research for each letter.
Complete the organizer twice: once for each letter you will write.
THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER 👇👇
To help confirm you are ready to write each one of your letters to the editor, fill out the graphic organizer below with notes from your analysis of each of the articles you will write about. You should make two copies of this planner, and fill out one for each of the articles you will respond to.
You do not have to write in complete sentences for this. It is a planner to help you get the content and structure of your letters ready before you begin to write the letters.
Begin with an opening salutation to the editor(s) of the specific publication to which you are writing. (for example: Dear Editor)
State what the letter is about:
title of the article you are responding to (in quotation marks), the author’s full name, and date of publication:
Your Main Idea, a clear statement about the misleading coverage you have identified in the article:
What was the misleading coverage? Explain the main problem with the coverage:
Use quotes or paraphrase to showcase the misleading coverage/problematic aspect(s) of the article:
Explain how the information should be presented more accurately. Use your SIFT and lateral reading work to fill in this box. Use hyperlinks to document your evidence from more accurate sources:
Conclude with a statement about why this matters, and how important it is to provide public correction:
Sign your letter with a closing salutation, such as Sincerely, Yours Truly, Respectfully, etc. Then include your first and last name.
(My name is Valentine.)
and you can choose the topics on your own thanks 🙏

The following are the paper topics on either Beauty or Andre’s Mother. Your paper needs to be a full two pages. It can be longer than two pages.
What was your overall impression of Jane Martin’s play Beauty? What does it tell us about the nature of beauty and attraction? Examine three themes the platy deals with.
Compare Jane Martin’s play Beauty with Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going?” How are the themes in the play and short story similar? How are they different? What are they arguing about beauty, and the role of women?
Andres’ Mother is a short play that was written about the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.  While the play is very short, it deals with a topic that society didn’t want to address whether it was AIDS or being gay. After reading Terrence McNally’s short play Andre’s Mother, what was your reaction to the play? What did you think of Cal’s handling the situation in which he had to tell Andre’s mother about her son’s death from AIDS? Examine three themes the play was dealing with.
Andre Mother: https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.suffolk.edu/dist/f/83/files/2009/02/andres-mother.pdf

Beauty: https://teachingamericanbornchinese.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/5/13254095/ch361.pdf

Prepare a 5-6 minute slide presentation (e.g., PowerPoint or Google slides) in which you relay the central findings of your literature review. Your presentation will be followed by a 2-3 minute Q&A session. In your presentation, you should do the following:
Introduce your topic, research question, and project rationale/background. What are you studying? Why are you studying it? What information does the reader need to know about your field before considering your research question(s)?
Outline the central takeaway of your literature review and discuss the dominant themes and trends. Now that your literature review is completed, what is the major finding you have come to? Is there a consensus on a particular issue that is highly relevant to your study? Is there a gap in your field that your work will address? What highly relevant themes or trends have you observed in the literature?
Provide an explanation of each theme or trend. Take time to give your audience a sense of the current state of the research landscape and how this landscape came to be.
Outline the implications this review has for your research moving forward. With the literature now reviewed, what direction might your study take? What themes, trends, or gaps in the literature inform this direction?
Briefly reflect on your own research and writing process. How and why did your research and writing process change over the course of the term? What research and writing practices have you been using in other courses? How might your research and writing process continue to improve in the next several years?

Follow the Assignment Prompt closely. Consider our ongoing discussions of professional ethos – how will you frame yourself for potential employers? Your cover letter should be written for an actual job posting (please include link)
My resume:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3hh6p2pprcol1eu17nlay/MLTresume.pdf?rlkey=fsm5t73ik5fbkr9zh1z6mwek6&dl=0
Actual job posting:
https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=4ebb7993a8beef25&advn=5748677195806788&adid=415066740&ad=-6NYlbfkN0BKkHZu3wF05EeDimN_p6sYpKCMArvwa95YdH7UpkaBCkugsAQrRfiK1BeFx4VQQUPz9L3cJ0CnikoAVDaWAcin7Qv5hKejPZeACZHEH9Yt17n57uMgSNa4MhW7A4RU_l5wKOCYN8bUWcvbnSNhB3BtdtJEcaes4HQgoSFHANDkKRQVR0uo47wtBO8pNqo3_RtjtSa9DG5abM1tRqWp037uU1BWspPMYScpcH4UgqHrApHcENYpp0wIJRWo7cCJTqW_GHY8q6QeEuU89mn5_pxNWqAyma1czirKBEMBjQprt2946ZZzo-ddKGKSH9h9RYAzBSoegqHl5r1IXVSSfD_ObCoFGuC5hH2jNHkq0CKHBmBahsZ3CaEj8-SFdUZpLfAXiHz1-PADV4nK2NZtvFT6JJbxFoTZBk0RykM9l5i14gge5o52C63MrBQLwB-l1BeH5ENCYtKg3chF8_CZLoY23wJ8DPGr1QOC0cHtkb0lIYPQRfoqdyl3zYY2308pA8fWBxVw-kJQE93AJw3RG2KXwvuybpdHTLdGxv4vIht_AGsTQhZf9A2kUKkz2ltHyD45bqQiwSndX-w4gbbHoy4b&from=serp&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fjob%2Fmolecular-lab-technician-4ebb7993a8beef25&desth=e3755dc7255873b1e0651bfd144b8d69&prevUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3Dmedical%2Blaboratory%2Btechnician%26l%3DChicago%252C%2BIL%26from%3DsearchOnSerp%26sameQ%3D1&tk=1ht6h74bek6co809&dupclk=1&acatk=1ht6h8p4lghrv801&pub=6917c08ec3ecf6012dd26f3773156e870cace3277f6b99df&camk=f416UQcMBpDQLP1Wpdhdag%3D%3D&xkcb=SoDB6_M3BmqTVExiAp0JbzkdCdPP&xpse=SoCZ6_I3Bmqs__y2BR0IbzkdCdPP&xfps=879f49c1-d3ed-4b24-a80f-d9f2fe59cef1

Write an essay that demonstrates the following outcomes:
Research paper
A specific, arguable, and complex thesis.
The final paper will need to be 1,200 words at least. The essay correctly introduces, integrates, and explains information from sources using appropriate summary, paraphrasing, and/or direct quotation.
The essay is in MLA format and includes a Works Cited page.
Directions
For this paper, you can customize your topic, as long as it relates to Visual Thinking, our campus book for the year. topics: How has Temple Grandin changed the national conversation about education?
You must quote from Visual Thinking, and use an additional 4-5 outside sources to strengthen your argument. At least two sources must be accessed through one of our library databases (i.e., CQ Researcher, Academic OneFile, Proquest). Include a Works Cited page in MLA format. Source material should complement your argument. Be careful not to let these sources dominate the content or direction of your argument. A good rule of thumb is one quote per paragraph.