Assignment: Bibliographic Formatting

Assignment: Bibliographic Formatting

Assignment: Bibliographic Formatting

Film title: “Do the right thing” directed by Spike Lee

Using proper MLA bibliographic formatting, cite the film text

Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay.

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Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs.

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Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement

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Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference.

This is for an intro to political science class at a community college. I want original answers to 1-4 as well as a MLA citation of the film. Please write the work how a foreign student would write. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO STAND OUT. This is due 11.30pm tonight Los Angeles time (IN 4 HOURS!). I will pay $15 for this work.

EXAMPLE

1. Develop a thesis pertaining to the assigned film text and whether or not it, the film, in your view has the power to transform one’s political sensibilities. Your argument should express your point of view regarding the politics of difference, political sensibilities, and political transformation(s) as related to the film. Remember, you’re writing (developing) an analytical essay. Submit your thesis statement in the box below:    1a. After “bearing witness” to the ‘homeplaces’ and environment of a particular group of people, one’s sensibilities can be changed. Even though minorities have conflicts and don’t always agree with one another, they can join and come together against a particular threat, in this case the “the machine”.

2. Develop three (3) topic sentences that articulate the major ideas that will comprise the body of your essay. Remember that your topic sentences should clearly state the argument or point to be made in the respective paragraphs. Submit your topic sentences in the box below:    2a. (1). Through the challenges and hardships of growing up and living life in an economically challenged urban environment is something that these minority groups share. (2). In order for different groups of people to survive and live amongst each other, there needs to be a good balance of Love and Hate, which allows goals and accomplishments to be achieved. (3). At the end of the day, it’s not the appearance or color of skin that defines a person but rather their life experiences and what they’ve accomplished to get where they are today.

3. Identify three (3) scenes from the film that support your thesis statement. Briefly explain.:    3a. (1). When Mookie is over at his girlfriends and goes into the kitchen, the Latin mother of the girlfriend expresses her thoughts and feelings towards Mookie in a language that he cannot understand. (2). The group of Latin guys compete volume levels of their Latin music against a black man and his music. Even though these two ethnic groups don’t get along, the Latins will support the Blacks late when a young black name is killed. (3).Just before neighborhood store is about to be overrun by an angry mod of mostly African Americans, the Asian store owner shouts “I’m not white, I’m not white, I’m black like you” to express that he is a minority and part of the community.

4. Lastly, fully develop your introductory paragraph. Remember that the best possible thesis will answer some specific question about the text. In this case a question related to the film’s power to transform political sensibilities regarding difference.:    4a. After “bearing witness” to the ‘homeplaces’ and environment of a particular group of people, one’s sensibilities can be changed. Even though minorities have conflicts and don’t always agree with one another, they can join and come together against a particular threat, in this case the “the machine”. Through the challenges and hardships of growing up and living life in an economically challenged urban environment is something that these minority groups share. They must learn to survive and live amongst each other, which can only be achieved with a good balance of Love and Hate. And with this Love and Hate balance, goals and accomplishments are able to be achieved. At the end of the day, it’s not the appearance or color of skin that defines a person but rather their life experiences and what they’ve accomplished to get where they are today.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

• The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

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  • One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
  • I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

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  • In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
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  • I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

  Use of Direct Quotes

  • I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
  • As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
  • It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

   

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