Midterm Paper

Midterm Paper—   Texts: Any of the texts we have read thus far— ·         the handouts, ·         Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, ·         Bechdel’s Fun Home, or ·         Sacco’s Palestine.     Essay Assignment: For this essay, you will focus on our discussions of the first six chapters of Scott McCloud’s text. Do not try to discuss all of the concepts, however; instead, find a single focus. You can, for instance, explore: ·         distinctions between foreground and background images, ·         use of transitions in the development of the story and the understanding of the reader, ·         effects of framing on the reader’s understanding, or ·         the relationship between text and images. You are free to include details from additional texts, but your paper must focus upon one of the texts we have studied in class, making parenthetical reference to it and using specific examples from it in your paper to develop your ideas. Your paper must also make use of and give parenthetical reference to the Braid handout.   The paper should be formatted following MLA conventions—including a works cited page; we will discuss MLA conventions, but having completed English 300, you should already be familiar with these. The library can also provide help with MLA.   And in answer to the first question that always gets asked with the assignment of an essay—How long does this paper have to be?—at least four pages (1000 words) and no longer than six (1500 words). The paper is due the day of the midterm. Please begin early and use me to help you set the paper up and develop it.