Essay Draft Stage 1: Summary, Definition, and 1 Critical Reading/Analysis Paragraph
The point
- Capstone 1 provides an opportunity to demonstrate the following learning objectives:
- Identify specific social semiotic signs/resources–such as framing, point of view, and modality–as they manifest in images from Parable of the Sower or Kindred
- By reading contrasts in framing, point of view, or modality as key modes of meaning-making, describe the meanings communicated by one particular set of images from within one of the assigned graphic novels
- Analyze and apply the basics of paragraph structure–topic sentences; the signal-phrase+quotation+explanation quote “lettuce wrap” structure; etc.–to written discussions
- In addition, Capstone 1 assesses the final learning objective for this module:
- Present/formulate this critical reading and writing process as a partial draft of a formal argumentative essay, adhering to the basics of MLA formatting
First paragraph: Write a summary paragraph.
Topic sentence, setting and premise of the text, plus brief description of moment being depicted and what led up to it in the narrative. Name the author and mention the date or context of publication.
Second paragraph: Write a paragraph defining your method.
Topic sentence naming the method; formatted “lettuce wrap” definition of social semiotics; (also formatted) definitions of one specific social semiotic tool that you will apply as well as one general semiotic/structuralist tool.
Third paragraph:Write a paragraph critically analyzing your picture using this method.
Topic sentence making a point about meaning of picture(s) that is within the “meaning potential” of your chosen social semiotic tool; formatted “lettuce wrap” analysis applying the social semiotic tool you defined and, where relevant (at least once), also the general semiotic/structuralist tool to sharpen your characterization of the meaning.
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Picked photo is HYPEREMPATHY FROM PARABLE OF THE SOWER
ATTACHED file is a sample capstone
other file is an instruction or a sample on how to make the first, second, third paragraph.