You will create an infographic of sorts using PowerPoint. Organize the information using a visual layout and incorporate graphics appropriately. You can insert “SmartArt” and use other Design/Designer features in PowerPoint. Have fun with the design!
Slide 1 – Author Timeline: Using the author of the work you have selected, include major publications and major life events. Use text and images/graphics.
- Include about 5-10 items (publications, major events) in your timeline.
- List any sources used at the bottom of the slide in MLA style.
Author background/timeline/contextual information 10 points
Slides 2 & 3 – Literary Work Analysis: Analyze the work you have selected and present the information visually using text and images/graphics. The “SmartArt” tool in PowerPoint might work well for this.
Analyze the selected reading by this author. Create an informational infographic that briefly analyzes the work.
- For fiction, break down the basic elements of setting, character, plot, theme, and point of view. Include a brief yet somewhat detailed analysis of each element in your infographic.
- For poetry, identify the form (such as sonnet, villanelle, epic, free verse, etc.) and structure (stanzas, lines, couplets, etc.) and some of the literary devices used, such as alliteration, refrain, rhythm, rhyme, meter, symbol, imagery, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, etc. Different poems use different poetic devices. The poem itself may or may not be included on the infographic. Specific examples of some of the devices used should be included.
- For nonfiction, you can complete a rhetorical analysis, analyzing audience, purpose, ethos, pathos, logos, etc.
List any sources used at the bottom of the slide in MLA style.
Analysis of the work 10 points
Slide 4 – Scholarly Source Summary: Read a literary criticism or critical analysis article about the work you analyzed and summarize the main points of the article visually using text and images/graphics.
Use the Jefferson State Online Library or other library to locate a literary criticism or critical analysis article from one of the scholarly source databases to read about this literary work and/or author. See the library resources page for our course. The librarians can also help you locate an article. Create an informational infographic that lays out the main points of the scholarly article you selected. Use the PPT (PowerPoint) Design tools to summarize the main points using a visual layout. Include some degree of specific detail. Document your source at the bottom of the slide using MLA style like you would on a works cited page.
Scholarly source summary 10 points
Slide 5 – Relate this work and/or author to contemporary society and/or modern culture. Use text and images/graphics.
Include specific information and examples of influences and the impact of this work and/or author on contemporary literature, culture, or society and/or on literarture and culture today. Use a visual layout and incorporate graphics/images as appropriate. Include this information as a slide in your PowerPoint. Document any sources used.
Relate to modern culture (impact/influence) 10 points
Design/images/graphics/layout 10 points
Grading Criteria:
Multimedia (PowerPoint) Project (50 points)
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- Author background/timeline/contextual information (historical, literary, philosophical) 10
- Analysis of the work 10
- Literary elements/devices for fiction and verse
- Rhetorical strategies/devices for nonfiction
- Scholarly source summary 10
- Relate to modern culture (impact/influence) 10
- Design/images/graphics/layout 10