{"id":263,"date":"2014-01-03T11:25:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2014-01-03T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T19:25:06","slug":"book-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/book-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pick either of our three textbooks (<em>Delete, Virtual Self, SUper Sad True Love Story<\/em><em>)<\/em>\u00a0and write a\u00a0<strong>750-word (plus\/minus 75 words) analytical review<\/strong>. This assignment is a focused\u00a0reflection on a specific <strong>theme<\/strong> or <strong>opinion<\/strong> expressed within the topic that shows your deep reading of the text. It\u2019s designed to stretch your thinking and develop essay writing skills that can be extended into longer assignments. It will also help me to identify grammatical and stylistic errors at an early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Be thoughtful, concise, original and opinionated. (Avoid reading online reviews of the same book to avoid plagiarism, accidental or otherwise.) Develop a <strong>thesis<\/strong> about one of the book&#8217;s ideas and then support your thesis with <strong>examples<\/strong> from outside <strong>research<\/strong> and personal <strong>experience<\/strong>. Write in a conversational tone that will draw a general (rather than academic) reader into your discussion.<\/p>\n<p>A good review should include the following elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catchy\u00a0<strong>title<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Intriguing\u00a0<strong>opening<\/strong>\u00a0sentence or two that makes a reader want to read<\/li>\n<li>A short\u00a0<strong>summary<\/strong>\u00a0of the book as a whole, including the key who, what, when, etc. details<\/li>\n<li>A focused\u00a0<strong>thesis<\/strong>\u00a0that expresses an opinion about a particular idea in the book illustrated with a short quote from the author<\/li>\n<li>A sustained\u00a0<strong>argument<\/strong>\u00a0\/ exploration of your opinion supported with a balance of outside\u00a0<strong>examples<\/strong>, references, and personal observations and experiences.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>concluding<\/strong>\u00a0sentence or two that wraps up your discussion in a compelling and coherent manner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DUE: Wednesday, January 30.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Hand in a hardcopy,\u00a0<strong>DOUBLE-SPACED,<\/strong>\u00a0at the beginning of class<\/strong>\u00a0(or before), and then post a copy online. Feel free to post a draft on your Blog before this deadline, for feedback and comments from your group and others. This Review is worth\u00a0<strong>10%\u00a0<\/strong>of your Final Grade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick either of our three textbooks (Delete, Virtual Self, SUper Sad True Love Story)\u00a0and write a\u00a0750-word (plus\/minus 75 words) analytical review. This assignment is a focused\u00a0reflection on a specific theme or opinion expressed within the topic that shows your deep reading of the text. It\u2019s designed to stretch your thinking and develop essay writing skills &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/book-analysis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book Analysis<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":718,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/718"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ts400\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}