on Sunset Boulevard Homework Help

Topic: ESSAY on Sunset Boulevard

Order Description

Essay Length and Format (70 points: 10 @ 7 points each):

ÿ The essay is two to three numbered pages max, double-spaced, 12-point font.

ÿ The essay uses footnotes (not end notes).

ÿ The essay was turned in at the beginning of class on December 9th

ÿ The essay is 1200 words maximum in length.

ÿ The word count is beside your name in the essay “header.”

ÿ The thesis statement bolded.

ÿ The thesis is in paragraph one and the last paragraph contains your conclusion.

ÿ The essay uses 3 outside print sources (and not just the film itself) for research.

ÿ The body of the essay has at least four (4) paragraphs that support the thesis.

ÿ There is an end page bibliography that includes the proper filmographic citation.

Essay Content (180 points: 6 @ 30 points each):

ÿ The thesis statement states Sunset Boulevard’s (a) genre AND (b) theme.

ÿ The thesis statement ALSO includes (a) which aspect of the cinematography and

(b) which aspect of the screenplay you’re using to illustrate this genre and theme.

ÿ The writing is well-structured, simple, clear, direct and polished (IE: well edited)

ÿ The rhetoric is clear (your points are well argued and use excellent examples).

ÿ Each paragraph illustrates only ONE point of your thesis AND each point is

supported by a relevant research source beyond the film itself.

ÿ Your research uses at least THREE (3) RELEVANT EXTERNAL sources total. These

sources cannot be from the film AND they must be in aIDition to the assigned class

readings. These aIDitional external research sources can be from books, articles,

or online sources. Each quote or concept or idea that is not your own – that is, it is

something someone else said – or their idea and not your own original idea – must

be properly cited in your paper using a footnote that directs the reader to a proper

bibliographic citation on the end page.