Draft 3.0

English 101: Introduction to College Writing – Spring 2013

Draft 3.0: developing your critical interpretive essay

1.     Read pages 144-51 in The DK Handbook, considering academic genres in reference to Sarah Stein’s essay “The ‘1984’ Macintosh Ad.”

2.     Based on your thoughts from the reading, as well as what you have learned from your previous writing about “The ‘1984’ Macintosh Ad,” write a formal essay that pulls all the pieces together into a clear and coherent explanation of the essay as a whole. Please keep in mind:

a.     What is your purpose? Is it different from Stein’s purpose?

b.     Does your purpose discuss one or more writerly choices Stein has made and how those choices influenced your reading of the piece?

c.     How do Stein’s writerly choices work together in order to accomplish her overall purpose, given her audience and context?

3.     As you write, use evidence from “The ‘1984’ Macintosh Ad”—quotations, summaries, paraphrases, etc.—to support your critical interpretation. Use this as a chance to show how your particular understanding of this text has been arrived at critically. Choose your supporting evidence from across the essay.

4.     Bring TWO copies of this essay to our next class meeting.

Note: do not publish your essay on your blog. Bring hard copies (printed) to class instead.