Your midterm must be a 4 paragraph response.

Your midterm, however, is a much more fulsome response (FOUR Paragraphs).

Include in each paragraph all of the elements dictated by the prescriptive writing formula.

Midterm essay structure:

A. Your midterm must be a minimum of twenty-four sentences – each paragraph must be minimum of 6 sentences.

B. Using the MLA section of your style manual you must properly cite sources within your text (in-text citation see Hacker) and a proper work cited notation that precedes each paragraph (see Hacker).

C. You must strictly adhere to the writing structure provided for you in Unit Three. I suggest that you print the sentence by sentence analysis so that you have a paper guide for you to follow while you write your midterm essay paragraphs.

All students must answer all prompts:

Prompt 1. Use Michael Palmer’s essay and the film Casablanca to demonstrate how Rick, through the course of the movie, reluctantly moves from private/personal concerns to an active proponent of the public/greater good.

Prompt 2. Use Michael Palmer’s essay to demonstrate how Casablanca rejects Historicism.

Prompt 3. Use Michael Palmer’s essay to demonstrate how Casablanca rejects relativism.

Prompt 4. Use Michael Palmer’s essay to demonstrate how Casablanca rejects nihilism.