You just need to Write a strong thesis statement for this essay. You don’t need to write the essay
Just thesis statement!!!
Now that we have been discussing Monsters both real and fantastical developing criteria around what is a monster, and looking for logical fallacies in ethics and rhetoric, it is time for you to begin thinking about some of the major ideas surrounding Monsters
Option 1: Monsters of Science and Nature in Fantasy
Step 1: Analyze a primary media source(TV Show Episode, Movie, Song, etc.) of your choice that engages with the theme of monsters of science and/or monsters of nature
The source should be a mainstream popular text—a film, television episode, or video game.
Step 2: Write a paper in which you describe the text you have chosen and argue for how it connects to the longer history we have studied of monsters of science and nature via our Monsters readings.
Step 3: Then, analyze your text as an image of monstrosity, employing one or more of the monster theories we’ve discussed in Monsters: A Bedford Reader. No additional outside academic research is required. However, you MUST integrate material from “How Signs Work”, at least two of the scholarly articles we read in Monsters: A Bedford Reader, and your primary Source.
Option 2: Analyzing a real-life monster in history/News Coverage/Media Coverage
Step 1: Analyze a Pick a “real life” person that was considered a monster by society e.g. OJ Simpson, Hitler, etc.
Step 2: Write a paper in which you describe the source you have chosen, articulate whether the coverage of this person has been fair or biased, and argue for how it connects to the long history we’ve studied in the Monsters readings.
Option 3:
Step 1: Read: “How Signs Work” & at least two articles from Monsters
Step 2: Pick a popular song, movie, or TV show and identify a symbolic Monster within the text
Step 3: Write a 1000+ word analysis of what the symbolic monster(s) signifies to the text
Criteria for Evaluation
I will use the following criteria to evaluate your position paper:
Introduction:
* A title specific to the topic
* An attention getter
* Background on the topic (please make it clear which prompt you are answering)
* End with your thesis
* A clearly stated thesis (your opinion – your 1-2 sentence response to the essay prompt) which speaks to the “so what” of the issue and is not merely a list plan of development.
Body:
* Topic sentence that is related to the thesis
* Supporting evidence
* Quotes from the text (Remember to cite the quotes)
* Consideration of and rebuttal against the other side of the topic
Conclusion:
* DO NOT bring up a new topic
* A suggestion of the consequences of your position for society, readers, individuals, what you want to happen in the future, or how the author might feel about your position, etc.
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