Our last short essay is The Bridge Essay. IT IS DUE WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
Your job: to write a short essay in which you connect 3 different texts from class (song, poems, ST, DL, Faces of the Dead, Fifties, Miss America, storycorps.org, OHs from our blog, CR2s from your classmates, news articles, Pyongang comic strip, Baghdad Burning, etc., etc.).
The connection you make can be thematic, technical, thesis-based, social group-based, or anything you choose.
Your goal is to make an interesting connection and communicate the connection in a thesis, with clear support in the form of examples (quotes, paraphrasing). You should feel free to use this assignment as a way of thinking about your own project and upcoming research paper--and also as a way to think about your personal approach to social justice and information.
You must include MLA citations and a Works Cited page. Please use the DH list to identify proper formatting for your sources.
The Bridge Essay is worth 30 points and should be 2-3 pages, not including the Works Cited list.
Thesis: 10 points: A sentence--with style!--that communicates the connection, as you see it, between the three texts. Example: Studs Terkel's interview with Florence Scala, Brittany's performance for class (patches of color on the poster boards), and "The Lonesome Ballad of Hattie Carroll" all demonstrate the idea that an individual can shape social group relationships and can fight injustices.
Development: 10 points: Illustrate your thesis with examples from all three texts, in the form of cited quotes and paraphrases. Integrate this material with style and care. Use a thoughtful method of organizing your ideas; don't just throw things together.
MLA in-text citations and Works Cited: 5 points
Grammar and Spelling: 5 points
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