ENG100 NU Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck Book Review
Humanities
Directions:
In a thoughtful essay of
three to four pages
, you will analyze a subject and evaluate it. To do this, you
will need to first determine criteria for evaluation and make them clear to your readers. In writing your
evaluation, you will have a twofold purpose: (1) to set forth your assessment of the quality of your subject
and (2) to convince your readers that your judgment is reasonable. For this essay, you must integrate
information from
one source
to support your judgment. Below are the prompts to help decide on a subject
and angle of analysis. If none of these pique your interest, you are welcome to propose your subject to
me.
Once you’ve chosen a topic, clarify your standards for evaluating it:
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What features or aspects will you use as criteria for evaluating?
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How could you briefly explain each of the criteria for a reader?
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What judgment or evaluation about your topic do the criteria support?
Prompts
1.
Choose a film adaptation of a short story or book, and evaluate changes the filmmakers made to the
original story. Why do these changes make the film more or less satisfying than the book?
Please Write about the book “of mice and men”
A successful essay will
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Be three to four pages in length
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Have a clear, well-developed, thought-provoking thesis
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Have clear criteria
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Demonstrate thoughtful judgment on the subject
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Be organized logically and coherently
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Avoid using “you”
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Demonstrate smooth transitions between paragraphs
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Use properly cited textual evidence to back-up or demonstrate your ideas
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Contain a Works Cited Page
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Be relatively free of mechanical and grammatical errors
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Conform to MLA guidelines
