Here are my two minor assignments and their revisions. Like my major assignments, I also have a reflection describing what I learned from the revision process. I hope you enjoy!

Here is the original description for the Movie Review:

This is a low stakes assignment addressing the following Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

1. Identify and analytically employ narrative elements such as plot, character, narrator, point of view (first-, second-, and third-person), theme, motif, imagery, and tropes/figurative language.
2. Produce compelling evidence within literary-critical arguments, and structure a coherent written explication of a text using the language of literary criticism.

This week we will watch some movies in class. You’ll write a review of either Ryan or Alter Egos or both films together. Look at the Baraka guide to writing movie reviews for directions on how to critique a movie.

Your review should be 350-500 words. It is due before class on Tuesday.

A movie review is very much like a literature paper. In a literature paper you analyze the elements of fiction and how they are working in the story, providing support in the form of quotations, summary, and paraphrase of the text. Note that the emphasis is on analysis. Assume your reader has read the book, and so use only minimal summary–only enough to help your reader locate the passage you want to talk about. Also, closely link your summary with the analytical point you want to make. In a movie review, you are also analyzing–this time to convince your reader to see (or not to see) the movie. To that end, you don’t want to summarize too much lest you spoil the enjoyment of the viewers who want to discover how the movie ends on their own.

Here you will analyse the filmmakers’ success in using any of the elements of fiction and/or cinema at play here. You may make a recommendation about whether this movie is worth watching, but the primary focus should be on your analysis.

Remember that the movie itself is a primary source. You will make it clear to your reader when you are using material from the film (usually in the form of paraphrase, unless you took very careful notes so you can quote it.) For this paper, please provide both in-text citations and a works cited page for each source you use. (You’re not required to use secondary sources for this assignment, but you may if you like.) You can use easybib.com to format your citations. Your response must include a works cited page and in text citations where appropriate.

Here is the original description for the Summary of a Secondary Source Assignment:

Review the web page on writing summaries. Summarize the secondary source you found in the library database. Using the guidelines in the handout, write a detailed summary of the source. Your summary should be shorter than the original (one half the length, or even less), but still give your reader a good idea of what the source says. In general, you will keep your opinion out of a summary. However, if you wish, you may add a short paragraph of your own analysis of the source after your summary. If you choose to do this, make it clear to your reader where your own evaluation begins.