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Small Group Analysis-Evaluation Exercise #1
WR 121, Spring 2011, Prof. Cora Agatucci
URL of this web page: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr121/AnalysisEvaluationEx1Dir.htm
1. Small Group Members' First and Last Names (please print clearly):
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2. Write a complete, correctly formatted MLA style Works Cited bibliographical entry for the essay (from the attached approved list of Essay Choices below of previously & new assigned readings) that your small group has chosen to analyze and evaluate for this in-class exercise:
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3. Who is the author and what is her/his expertise relevant to the topic addressed in her/his essay? To answer this question, review and cite relevant information Muller provides in the header note introducing the essay and its author (e.g. her/his background, credentials, experience, etc.):
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4. What are the dominant rhetorical modes used in this essay? To answer this question, review Muller's "Contents of Essays by Rhetorical Mode" (xxv-xxxii) carefully and identify all Rhetorical Mode under which Muller lists your group's chosen essay:
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5. Define each of the rhetorical modes identified in item #4 above. Respond to this topic by reviewing and citing relevant definitions that Muller gives in his "Glossary" (839-850) and/or in his "Writing Body Paragraphs: Choosing Strategies for Development" (54-65):
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6. Quote/paraphrase and cite example/s in the selected essay that illustrate the author's use of the rhetorical modes and writing strategies identified in items #4 and #5 above.
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7. Select, identify, and answer one of the "Rhetoric" questions Muller poses at the end of your group's selected essay. Respond to this topic first (a) by quoting the "Rhetoric" question (citing Muller + page number) which your group has decided to address, and then (b) by writing out your group's answer to the selected "Rhetoric" question.
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8. Identify one strength of the selected essay, and briefly explain why your group evaluates this aspect of the essay a strength. In responding to this topic, you are encouraged review the o apply one or more criteria by which your own Essay #1 will be evaluated.
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9. Identify one weakness of the selected essay, and briefly explain why your group evaluates this aspect of the essay a weakness.
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Essay Choices for Small Group Analysis-Evaluation Exercise #1
in MLA Style Works Cited Format
Bordo, Susan. "The Globalization of Eating Disorders." The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 723-726. Print.
Brooks, David. "Love, Internet Style." [New York Times 8 Nov. 2003.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 318-320. Print.
Carey, Benedict. "Judging Honesty by Words, Not Fidgets." [New York Times 12 May 2009.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 9-12. Print.
Gelernter, David. "Unplugged: The Myth of Computers in the Classroom." [New Republic 1994.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 278-280. Print.
Hockenberry, John. "The Blogs of War." [Wired Aug. 2005.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 91-99. Print.
King, Stephen. "My Creature from the Black Lagoon." [Danse Macabre,1981; and Playboy 1982.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston:
McGraw-Hill , 2011. 525-532. Print.Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. "From Ancient Greece to Iraq, the Power of Words in Wartime." [New York Times 18 May 2004.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill , 2011. 7-9. Print.
Martin, Steve. "Writing Is Easy." [New Yorker 24 Jun. 1996.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill , 2011. 33-35. Print.
Murray, Donald M. "The Maker's Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts." [The Writer, 1973.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2011. 86-90. Print.
Tan, Amy. "Mother Tongue." [Threepenny Review 1990; 1989.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill , 2011. 76-81. Print.
Tannen, Deborah. "Sex, Lies and Conversation: Why Is It So Hard for Men and Women to Talk to Each Other?" [Washington Post 1990.] The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues across the Disciplines. Ed. Gilbert H. Muller. 11th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill , 2011. 100-104. Print.
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Humanities Department,
Central Oregon
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