Monday, March 14, 2011

Questions for an Essay Conference

I have several questions for my professor regarding the film analysis essay. The first question I am going to ask is, “How do I cite my quotes in my essay?” This was confusing to me because I have never cited quotes from a film before. The next question I am going to ask is, “Does my thesis need to be clearer?” The thesis is a key part of the essay and I need to know if it should be changed to make the essay easier to understand. Another question I will ask is, “Is the essay easy to understand?” Sometimes an essay will make sense to the author, but be confusing to its audience. Another important questions to ask is, “Did I summarize the essay rather than analyze it?” I remember my professor saying that it’s important to not summarize the scene and to mostly analyze in the essay. If I over summarized then I will remove unnecessary explanations and replace it with analyzing the scene. The last questions I will ask my professor is, “What did I do well in my essay and what do I need to work on?” This will let me know what I need to focus on to improve my essay. All of these questions will be useful when I begin revising my essay. 



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