Per your request, here are the notes from Monday...
The Introduction to Your Critique
1.
Hook: Make the reader want to read your essay;
grab his/her attention!
a.
Ask a question, use a quote, provide a statistic,
use a relevant rhetorical mode.
b.
Your hook should be interesting, catchy,
original, and consistent with tone and topic.
2.
Provide background/context/topic: introduce the
main ideas/topics/subjects.
a.
Technology, older drivers, The New York Times
editorials, the specific author/title of your article.
3.
Your thesis: While (the author) successfully (one
strength—A--), he or she fails to (weakness one—B--) and (weakness two—C--).
Your Body Paragraphs
The strength: define A. Explain the difference between an
effective/ineffective A.Explain why A is a necessary component of a well-written
argument/article.Demonstrate how the article uses A. Use quotes as your evidence: use the three ways of introducing/incorporating quotes. 1. Simple introductory phrase; 2. Independent clause: quote; 3. Incorporating pieces/phrases of the original into your own sentence.
Define B. Explain the difference between an effective/ineffective B.Explain why B is a necessary component of a well-written argument/article.Demonstrate how the article uses B. Use quotes as your evidence.
Define C. Explain the difference between an
effective/ineffective C.Explain why C is a necessary component of a well-written
argument/article.Demonstrate how the article uses C. Use quotes as your evidence
Conclusion
Refer back to the topic.
Restate your thesis.
Provide an effective closing (to parallel the hook).
Question,
quote, prediction, call to action, answer, anecdote,
The typed rough draft is due Wednesday. The critique needs to be around two pages.
