I am looking to get a essay written about lens text using mla format, how quick would someone be able to write this?
1250. I wrote an essay, but my professor gave me a 0 percent because I wrote 2000 words.
I dont really have time to rewrite an entire new essay as i am doing 17 credit hours. This class in non essential for my degree, but required by the college.
I am also not looking for a high grade, a C or a B will be enough
Your Task: An Overview
This assignment asks you to analyze identity-related representations (based on race, gender, and/or sexual orientation) in two media images of your choosing. The images should be ones that appear in mainstream magazines, billboards, movie posters, television shows, movies, etc.
Your analysis will be informed by what might be called a “lens text” — a text that provides a framework for understanding or interpreting something. Your lens text will be one or more of the following videos, all available on Blackboard:
Killing Us Softly 4 by Jean Kilbourne
(primary focus: gender representation)
Tough Guise 2 by Jackson Katz
(primary focus: gender representation)
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror by Xavier Burgin
(primary focus: racial representation)
The Magical Minority Trope is Still a Problem by The Take
(primary focus: racial representation)
50 Shades of Black: My Experiences with Colorism by Amaya Allen
(primary focus: racial irepresentation)
How Queer Characters have Evolved in Children’s Animation by Insider
(primary focus: LQBTQ representation)
Liberation Vs. Assimilation in Queer Cinema by Rowan Ellis
(primary focus: LQBTQ representation)
Note: If there’s another identity group whose media representations you’d like to analyze, please talk with your instructor. They may be able to find a relevant lens text for you to use in your analysis.
Your Task: The Details
Your goal for Project 2 will be to apply some of the ideas in your chosen lens text(s) to the two media images you choose to focus on. Maybe you’ll discover that your images illustrate the ideas in Jean Kilbourne’s documentary, or that your images contradict Xavier Burgen’s ideas, or that Amaya Allen’s ideas enlarge your understanding of your chosen images in some specific way…or something else!
In other words, your main job in your writing will be to:
assert a thesis that explains your overall analysis of your chosen images, and
describe and analyze those images in relation to your chosen lens text
Images
The images you choose MUST be ones that were produced by actual, legitimate companies and circulated in mainstream media for real commercial purposes. All of the images in the lens texts come from mainstream commercial sources, so your images should come from such sources as well. Please do not choose images that have already been discussed in the lens texts or in the sample student papers posted on Blackboard.
Often, students are more successful with this project when they choose still images rather than moving images like videos or TV commercials. However, you may choose two brief commercials or movie/TV clips, if you’d like.
To find images, you could use actual print material created for commercial purposes–material from magazines, album covers, etc. You could also find electronic versions of such material, but you’ll need to be able to prove that the original images came from legitimate magazines, billboards, movie posters, TV commercials, etc.
The two images you choose should have something in common, so that you have some grounds for comparison. For instance, you might choose two ads that sell the same basic product, but that target men and women differently (example: a Nike ad in a woman’s magazine like Cosmo, and a Nike ad in a men’s magazine like GQ.). You might also take an historical approach, using the internet to locate ads or movie posters from different decades.
Audience
Think of your audience for this project as your classmates and instructor within the academic context of our course. Remember that your classmates may not be as familiar as you’ll be with your chosen images and chosen lens text(s).
Genre
The genre for your piece will be a textual / visual analysis. You can consult the the textbook chapter on Analyzing Texts (chapter 11) for help.
Format and Design
For this assignment, you’ll use MLA format (to be explained in the weekly learning modules for this project).
Evidence / Documentation
Your evidence–or support for your assertions–should come from a.) your chosen lens text(s); and b.) the two images you choose to use for the assignment. No other outside sources should be used.
You’ll need to include a Works Cited page that documents your images and your lens text(s). Please see the instructions about citing sources in the learning modules for this project.
Process
You’ll work through the following stages for creating your analysis:
Viewing and reflecting on the videos
Reading sample analyses in your textbooks and in learning modules
Completing prewriting and planning activities for your own draft
Creating a first draft of your project
Getting and giving feedback on drafts
Revising your project
Designing your paper in MLA format and citing sources appropriately
Editing and proofreading your project
Reflecting on and assessing your work
Criteria for Success
Your work will be evaluated based on the criteria established in the ENGL 1100 grading rubric. Specifically, you’ll be evaluated on how well you achieve the following:
• RHETORICAL KNOWLEDGE: Engage readers’ interest and help them gain insights into the images you’ve chosen; use voice, tone, style, and design appropriate to your purpose, to your audience, and to the genre of a visual analysis
• CRITICAL THINKING AND DEVELOPMENT: Pose an interesting and appropriately qualified thesis that clearly connects your chosen images to the lens text; describe and analyze the images in detail; incorporate specific concepts from the lens text to support your analysis of the images; meet word-count requirements
• ORGANIZATION: Present an identifiable and logical structure (both overall and within individual paragraphs); use transitional devices to guide your reader through your text; position your images in a reader-friendly manner
• CONVENTIONS OF STYLE AND USAGE: Use sentence structure, mechanics, punctuation, spelling, and format appropriate to the rhetorical situation
• USE OF SOURCES: Integrate source material smoothly through the use of signal phrases; document your images and the video according to MLA guidelines; exhibit credibilty as a writer through accurate use of the lens text
Throughout history, companies and advertisements have perpetuated gender inequality by reinforcing traditional gender roles, objectifying women, and promoting stereotypes, ultimately contributing to the systemic discrimination against women in various aspects of society.”