Grossmont College City Light by Charlie Chaplain Film Analytical Review

In this project, you’ll learn to:

1. Write argumentative essays. A cultural review is, of course, a form of argumentative essay. You might be writing about Lizzo (Links to an external site.) or “Looking for Alaska (Links to an external site.)” instead of, say, climate change or gun control, but you still have to make claims and support them with evidence.
2. Learn to analyze texts. Just like you must do in most college classes, you’ll have to read (or watch or listen to) a “text” closely; analyze it and understand its context; and explain what is meaningful and interesting about it.
3. Sharpen your vocabulary, voice, and style. You’ll have to wrestle with the same questions that ALL writers confront: how to compose in a voice, style, vocabulary, and tone that fits your subject, audience, and purpose.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of important rhetorical concepts such as audience, purpose, genre, and context. (Learning Outcome #1 on our syllabus!)

Also important: You’ll think deeply about the artistic works that matter most to you, then effectiveyl communicate why to others. That’s not just a skill you need in school, it’s a way of thinking that can serve you for life.

Requirements:

• 750-1000 words (approx. 3-4 pages)
• MLA format
• Double spaced
• Publish final draft on GoodReads.com, RottenTomatoes.Com, IMDB.com, etc.Do you have strong opinions about books, music, or TV shows? Are you a theater buff or a comic book “nerd”? If so, you’re in luck.For our first project, I invite you to play the critic and write and publish an original review—one that gives your subjective opinions of the work AND a much broader picture of what the work means.

Task:In your review, you’ll:

• consider the purpose and genre of the work, as well as the audience. (Consider how to persuade your own audience of your opinion AND analyze for whom the creative work is intended.)
• give both your opinion and a much broader picture of what the experience means, joining a larger cultural conversationWhat can you choose to review? Any work of creative expression that a writer helped create — from stories to movies to songs to TV shows to graphic novels to, yes, novels!I ask, however, that you pick something new to you. Part of the reason I created this assignment is to encourage you to stretch your cultural imagination. So, go watch a movie or TV show or comedy performance or play; listen to an album; read a book that is new and interesting to you. Then tell us about it.