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English 1302 - Focht-Hansen, Jane: Lone Star

The Fail-Proof Essay

Searching as Strategic Exploration

Prepare for the next version of the Fail-Proof Essay.  Be sure to carefully read the feedback you receive from your peers and from me.  Make decisions about what changes are necessary to make the essay easily understandable for any reader.

After working through the film several times and revising the writing you've done about it, it's time to submit your Fail-Safe Essay including research.  This is a new version, inclusive of selected research via our Library Guide. Choose an issue in the film, a variety of techniques, or analysis of characters -- all are good examples of what to write.  You do not have to maintain the approach previously taken, but it does simplify your effort -- 

MINIMUM 500 words, must meet ALL MLA manuscript concerns as best you can -- Be sure that the manuscript matches the sample essay (manuscript design). You need a heading (NOT IN THE HEADER), a title (one that makes your reader enthusiastic about reading your essay) and citations as exemplified in the MLA documents.  I've highly recommended between 3 and 4 research sources, including the script.

Peer Editing v3 

note: DOUBLE CHECK ALL MLA TECHNIQUES BY ACCESSING THE GUIDES.

 Technical Lesson MLA manuscript 

REMINDERS: How to Write Critically About Film 

See the emailed 'handouts' [which contain simple coaching on thesis statements, and several examples] as well as the last six items in the Getting Started! module.  The following are provided as a courtesy:

MLA9_Short_Handout_

MLA 9th updates

SAMPLE MLA PAPER

Punctuating_Titles_examples 

titles.pdf      commas.pdf     Conclusions.pdf    

SAC Library Lone Star LibGuide

Lone Star works cited

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