Order Description
Compare and contrast In Cold Blood to another filmed depiction of the true crime genre, whether in feature film or TV series form. Have a debatable, persuasive claim and focus on specific points of comparison, using the Lesson in week 7 to guide your structure. Please consult MLA guidance to see how to cite television and film!

For either paper, you must use primary sources (the assigned works of fiction or poetry) to support your ideas. You need to be making an original argument, and backing that argument with direct quotations from the primary texts, properly cited.

As with most academic writing, this essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

In many ways, literature is just like any hard science. It requires proof. There are a million interpretations, and all that is required for yours to be successful is the ability to prove it with evidence from the text. This week we will examine other ‘forms’ of literature, such as film and expository essay writing. We’ll also finalize our discussions about writing and supporting good literary analysis, whether you are writing about short story, essay, or film.
Lesson Objectives
Students will be able to:

apply analytical tools to writing about film and essay

construct a compare/contrast paper

Order Description
Compare and contrast In Cold Blood to another filmed depiction of the true crime genre, whether in feature film or TV series form. Have a debatable, persuasive claim and focus on specific points of comparison, using the Lesson in week 7 to guide your structure. Please consult MLA guidance to see how to cite television and film!

For either paper, you must use primary sources (the assigned works of fiction or poetry) to support your ideas. You need to be making an original argument, and backing that argument with direct quotations from the primary texts, properly cited.

As with most academic writing, this essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

In many ways, literature is just like any hard science. It requires proof. There are a million interpretations, and all that is required for yours to be successful is the ability to prove it with evidence from the text. This week we will examine other ‘forms’ of literature, such as film and expository essay writing. We’ll also finalize our discussions about writing and supporting good literary analysis, whether you are writing about short story, essay, or film.
Lesson Objectives
Students will be able to:

apply analytical tools to writing about film and essay

construct a compare/contrast paper