Step One: Review this week’s class Discussion Board
Go to the Comparative Analysis Class Brainstorming discussion board, where you took copious notes comparing the poem you chose for essay one and “The Passing of Grandison”
Step 2: Writing Assignment: Comparative Analysis
Prompt: For this assignment, choose the following prompt:
Write an analysis (1500+ words) comparing the rhetorical strategy of your chosen poem
CLIMATE CHANGE
to the rhetorical strategy of the “Passing of Grandison”
https://americanliterature.com/author/charles-w-chesnutt/short-story/the-passing-of-grandison
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Write an analysis (1500+ words) comparing the rhetorical strategy of your chosen poem to the survival strategy employed by Grandison himself. What strategies are employed to convey the message of the poem you chose?
How are these strategies similar or dissimilar to Grandison’s strategy for shifting the paradigm or manifesting cultural change, and how does such a comparison reveal more information or insight about the video’s message or theme? Are the rhetorical choices of your chosen poem successful in persuading or convincing the audience to believe their central message? Why or why not? Be sure to use your understanding of texts’ contexts to understand the texts’ power dynamics and how they are subverted to change or alter that structure and, ultimately, deliver a message of justice.
Guidelines and Organization:
1,500+ Words
Creative and Academic Title separated by a colon (e.g., Grandison “Got Me Like …” : A comparative analysis of ” Charles W. Chesnutt’s “The Passing of Grandison” and Childish Gambino’s “Feel Like Summer”)
Introduction paragraph and thesis statement: include an introduction paragraph with a thesis statement (Links to an external site.) that directly answers the prompt questions
Thesis Statement —
Asserts your conclusion and takes a stand on the author’s rhetorical strategies; states what techniques you will be analyzing and the impact of these techniques on the effectiveness of the text
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Compares how the rhetoric in your chosen poem subverts generally accepted ideas about a topic (e.g., people should be allowed personal access to guns, women should confine to patriarchal views, people are pushovers if they give too much grace, American individualism is healthy) to make an apposing claim about power and politics in a similar way to how Grandison subverts colonial oppressions and racism to gain power
Body paragraphs include: sound logic, topic sentences, sub-claims effectively supported by MLA cited text-based evidence (direct quotes and paraphrases), and effective transition sentences
Conclusion Paragraph: gives the reader a sense of closure by synthesizing your claim/thesis statement and sub-claims into a paragraph that reiterates the importance of the findings within the analysis
Works Cited Page: see MLA works cited reference (Links to an external site.) for formatting guidance
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