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Criteria for Practice
Peer Critique
Students
in English 197C identified the following elements of successful cinema
studies papers:
Convey
a sense of audience
Show
preparation on the part of the writer
-
time spent
on developing ideas
-
knowledge
of film terminology
-
multiple
viewings with notes taken during the viewings
Thesis
Coherence
-
elements
in the paper support the thesis
Support/Evidence
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description
of scene or element from film
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summary,
paraphrase, or quotation from book
Analysis
vs. Judgment
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paper
analyzes film instead of calling it "good" or "bad"
Vivid
language and precise language
-
picturing
the scene in words, using precise language to do so
Grammar
and Mechanics
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do not
impede the reader's understanding of the argument
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