Identify and define a key concept or a claim from one secondary essay and apply that concept or claim to a scene from Borden’s Born in Flames.

2-page application of one analytical secondary source essay to a scene in Borden’s Born in Flames(1983), plus a separate Works Cited page
Skills: Applying a concept or a claim to the analysis of a test object
Due: Thursday, June 24 (full first draft due before class, full final draft due by end of class)
Sources: 1)Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames and 2)Colmon’s “Queer Afrofuturism”or Kilgore’s “Difference Engine”
Assignment:
Identify and define a key concept or a claim from one secondary essay and apply that concept or claim to a scene from Borden’s Born in Flames. Analyze what the lens’s concept reveals about the scene and the film generally, using specific details from the analytical passage to create a claim about the film.
Steps:
Identify a key concept or claim in a secondary source that you think can be applied as a lens to help you analyze the details you’re focusing on in the novel.
Summarize the relevant concept or claim that you’ve identified in the secondary source
Explain what the concept you have taken from the essay helps you see and understand in the film in a new way
Analyze details in the passage that support your interpretation and use of your secondary source’s concept or claim.
Criteria for Evaluation:
Identifies a relevant lens from a secondary source Defines the lens without changing its meaning and in a way that would make sense to a reader unfamiliar with the essay.
Offers a new interpretation of the film made possible by the lens. Explains what the lens reveals about the film
Supports points by analyzing concrete details in the film scene
Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and MLA citation
The film is on Kanopy called Born in flames

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