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How to create an essay!
♣Read the given article carefully.
♣Think about 1 or 2 major points you want to articulate in your reaction paper.
♣Describe your point first ("Lessons Learned," "What you agreed on…" or "What you disagreed on…")
♣Justify why you think that way.
♣Provide one or two real-world example(s) - You may use any example you are familiar with, including ones we discuss in class or ones from the textbook. However, please do not assume that I know what you are talking about when you just mention a name (e.g. Enron or Wal-Mart). Provide sufficient background information and how your example(s) support your argument.
♣Provide how your point relates to Public Relations (e.g. so what does this mean in Public Relations?)
Desirable Formats
♣Follow step 3 - 6 to make each point clearly (make 1 - 2 major points per each reaction paper) (normally one argument per one paragraph)
♣After you finish articulating all the points, have a conclusive statement at the end.
♣Provide reaction paper #, date, your name, and student ID #
♣Limit your quantity to 1 page
♣Please proofread your reaction paper carefully to avoid any grammatical mistakes or typos.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING
A REACTION PAPER About a third of the way through the term (be sure to check your schedule for exact due dates!), you will be completing a “reaction paper,” which will count for 20% of your course grade. The paper is basically a more formal and unified version of what most of you will have been writing in your last journal responses to specific films, so the assignment should be no cause for particular anxiety. Your Study Guide offers a discussion of “Thinking and Writing about Film” (Supplementary Unit 2, pp. 127-133) which is part of the assignment for the start-up, and again for the week when this paper should be completed. The accompanying broadcast (shown only in the first week during the summer term, but with repeated broadcasts in the longer spring
♣Read the given article carefully.
♣Think about 1 or 2 major points you want to articulate in your reaction paper.
♣Describe your point first ("Lessons Learned," "What you agreed on…" or "What you disagreed on…")
♣Justify why you think that way.
♣Provide one or two real-world example(s) - You may use any example you are familiar with, including ones we discuss in class or ones from the textbook. However, please do not assume that I know what you are talking about when you just mention a name (e.g. Enron or Wal-Mart). Provide sufficient background information and how your example(s) support your argument.
♣Provide how your point relates to Public Relations (e.g. so what does this mean in Public Relations?)
Desirable Formats
♣Follow step 3 - 6 to make each point clearly (make 1 - 2 major points per each reaction paper) (normally one argument per one paragraph)
♣After you finish articulating all the points, have a conclusive statement at the end.
♣Provide reaction paper #, date, your name, and student ID #
♣Limit your quantity to 1 page
♣Please proofread your reaction paper carefully to avoid any grammatical mistakes or typos.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING
A REACTION PAPER About a third of the way through the term (be sure to check your schedule for exact due dates!), you will be completing a “reaction paper,” which will count for 20% of your course grade. The paper is basically a more formal and unified version of what most of you will have been writing in your last journal responses to specific films, so the assignment should be no cause for particular anxiety. Your Study Guide offers a discussion of “Thinking and Writing about Film” (Supplementary Unit 2, pp. 127-133) which is part of the assignment for the start-up, and again for the week when this paper should be completed. The accompanying broadcast (shown only in the first week during the summer term, but with repeated broadcasts in the longer spring