Reading is in File, the prompt is as followed: Midterm Major publish
Drawing evidence primarily from one text of your choice from the first eight weeks of the semester (see table below), write a 1200-1500 word paper that analyzes how the text uses a key ENGL 1302 concept as a strategy to argue for justice.
● Centering intersectional differences
● Specifying what upholds hegemony
● Humanizing the “other”
● Building alliances across differences
● Proposing counterhegemonic structures
Your thesis statement should (1) assert your definition of the strategy (i.e., do not repeat verbatim or simply paraphrase the strategy as it is written in the list above) in the particular text your paper focuses on, and (2) explain how that strategy functions to argue what justice would be in the specific context the author is focusing on. The body of your paper will then show how that strategy is at work in the text you chose, and why that strategy is significant. This means you should unpack how the text is written or how the text attempts to persuade the audience about what justice is and/or how justice would be achieved in the specific situation being addressed. Your analysis should connect the “writerly choices” in the text (i.e., evidence, structure, language, etc) to the vision of justice that the writer is arguing for.
Remember you must choose ONE text from our course reading to analyze in your midterm major publish in relation to ONE argumentative strategy for justice.
TIPS FOR WRITING A SUCCESSFUL MIDTERM PAPER
1. You should imagine the primary reader of your midterm papers as your peers in ENGL
1302, thus you can assume that your primary readers will have knowledge of counterhegemonic U.S. history, and will know specifics about the assigned readings. Your goal, then, is to focus on analyzing specific examples to educate your readers about your definition and the significance of your chosen argumentative strategy related to your chosen text. Please feel free to consult the Key Terms guide on Blackboard.
2. Use appropriate ENGL 1302 course materials (lecture/discussion notes and assigned texts) to write your paper. Incorporate relevant and appropriate outside sources to help develop your argument.
3. Please use MLA format to properly cite evidence in your paper. Proper MLA format includes a title page, running header, abstract, and keywords. You may refer to the Writing Center in the Library for help with MLA guidelines. On the title page, include a creative title for your paper, followed by your name, your Instructor’s name and your section number. At the top of each page following the cover page, insert a page header and page numbers. Include a References page at the end listing all sources cited in the body of your paper.
4. Be sure to review the grading rubric for this project. Instructors will be evaluating your paper according to that rubric. Provide readers with well-chosen details, examples, and analysis to develop your thesis. Be sure to proofread for mechanical errors.
The only source used is the reading file while comparing it to one of the 4 strategies listed.