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English 102: Writing as a Way of Knowing, Critical Analysis Assignment

Choose any one of the readings assigned prior to February 23rd on the course syllabus and write a critical evaluation essay of it using the strategies we have discussed in class. You must directly engage with the text you choose in formulating your evaluation. This means you will have to make use of direct quotations from and references to the text you discuss. Use the latest MLA Style Guide for formatting both the citations within your paper (in-text/parenthetical citations) and your “works cited” page at the end of your paper. The course text, Emerging, is the only text you should be referencing for this paper. Consult the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) website for detailed help with all aspects of proper MLA style formatting: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.)

Assignment Guidelines:

The book:9781457697968 – Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers by Barrios

Assignments should be formatted as follows:

  • 12-point font
  • Times New Roman
  • 1” inch margins
  • Double-spaced
  • Page numbers and your last name in the upper right-hand corner of every page
  • 3-5 pages in length (this means at least 3 full pages of text, not 2 full pages and half of a third)

Week 2

T 21 Jan Discussion of academic writing and scholarship

Th 23 Jan “Ethics and the New Genetics” (132–142)

Week 3

T 28 Jan “Faith and Diplomacy” (34–44)

Th 30 Jan “AIDS, Inc.” (151–163)

Week 4

T 4 Feb Critical Analysis Assignment Workshop

Th 6 Feb “ Selections from Once Upon a Quinceañera” (45-63)

Week 5

T 11 Feb “It Gets Better and Action Makes it Better” (425-433)

Th 13 Feb “After Life” (Posted on Canvas, 87-102)

Week 6

T 18 Feb “Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas” (396-409)