Final Paper ENG290 Middle East Meets West * Final Paper 30% (Due Friday, June 23). The paper will elaborate on the topic of the presentation. Use quotes from the novel or film and supporting articles. Do not retell the story and do not repeat others' ideas verbatim or as if they are your own. Instead, start with an arguable thesis statement, and use examples (quotes from the novel or film) and quotes from articles to support that argument. After presenting your argument and support about how the novel/film you select sends a specific message with the representation of the Middle Eastern characters, include a conclusion that recommends possible changes to help the world see the Middle East as it is, not as the stereotypes convey. * Assignment Details Minimum length: 10 pages (plus Works Cited page) in MLA Style. Papers must be turned in to www.turnitin.com and submitted through the Moodle portal on the date they are due. All papers must be in the MLA format, using and citing quotations from the sources. Use 12 point, Times New Roman font with one inch margins and your name, class title, and date in the upper right hand or left hand corner (no cover page). Papers must be double spaced 12 point Times New Roman font and saved in .doc or .docx format. When writing about literature and film, do not spend more than one sentence on the plot.  DO NOT RETELL THE STORY OF THE BOOK OR MOVIE IN YOUR INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL. * Whenever secondary sources are used, they must come from professional, peer reviewed journals or books in the Tiffin University library, or through Ohiolink.com. Do not use Wikipedia, SparkNotes, news sources, book or reviews, or commercial websites. Any sources not found through a subscription service (DragonQuest/OhioLink) must be approved by instructor via email. When writing about movies and novels, do not spend more than one short paragraph on the plot. DO NOT RETELL THE STORIES OR MOVIES IN YOUR PAPER. * Submitting Papers Papers must be submitted electronically through Moodle and to Turnitin.com. All papers must be in the MLA format, using and citing quotations from the works and other, secondary sources. Use 12 point, Times New Roman font with one inch margins and your name, class title, and date in the upper right hand or left hand corner (no cover page). Remember to indent paragraphs and double space your paper. Put your name in the title of the document file (Jones Film Paper, Smith Zombie Paper). * Do Not Retell the Story!Retelling the story of the book or movie seems as if you are trying to take up space.The instructor has read the story/watched the film and does not need to be told what happens in it.Use relevant quotes from the movie and describe the action in scenes to support your thesis.Show what stereotypes the book or film promotes. Explain how this is propaganda. * OrganizationIntroduction (contains thesis statement)Thesis = Your stance in an argument.A ...

1. Final Paper
ENG290
Middle East Meets West
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Final Paper 30% (Due Friday, June 23).
The paper will elaborate on the topic of the presentation. Use
quotes from the novel or film and supporting articles. Do not
retell the story and do not repeat others' ideas verbatim or as if
they are your own. Instead, start with an arguable thesis
statement, and use examples (quotes from the novel or film) and
quotes from articles to support that argument. After presenting
your argument and support about how the novel/film you select
sends a specific message with the representation of the Middle
Eastern characters, include a conclusion that recommends
possible changes to help the world see the Middle East as it is,
not as the stereotypes convey.
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2. Assignment Details
Minimum length: 10 pages (plus Works Cited page) in MLA
Style. Papers must be turned in to www.turnitin.com and
submitted through the Moodle portal on the date they are due.
All papers must be in the MLA format, using and citing
quotations from the sources. Use 12 point, Times New Roman
font with one inch margins and your name, class title, and date
in the upper right hand or left hand corner (no cover page).
Papers must be double spaced 12 point Times New Roman font
and saved in .doc or .docx format. When writing about literature
and film, do not spend more than one sentence on the plot. DO
NOT RETELL THE STORY OF THE BOOK OR MOVIE IN
YOUR INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL.
*
Whenever secondary sources are used, they must come from
professional, peer reviewed journals or books in the Tiffin
University library, or through Ohiolink.com. Do not use
Wikipedia, SparkNotes, news sources, book or reviews, or
commercial websites. Any sources not found through a
subscription service (DragonQuest/OhioLink) must be approved
by instructor via email.
When writing about movies and novels, do not spend more than

3. one short paragraph on the plot. DO NOT RETELL THE
STORIES OR MOVIES IN YOUR PAPER.
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Submitting Papers
Papers must be submitted electronically through Moodle and to
Turnitin.com. All papers must be in the MLA format, using and
citing quotations from the works and other, secondary sources.
Use 12 point, Times New Roman font with one inch margins
and your name, class title, and date in the upper right hand or
left hand corner (no cover page). Remember to indent
paragraphs and double space your paper.
Put your name in the title of the document file (Jones Film
Paper, Smith Zombie Paper).
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Do Not Retell the Story!Retelling the story of the book or
movie seems as if you are trying to take up space.The instructor
has read the story/watched the film and does not need to be told
what happens in it.Use relevant quotes from the movie and
describe the action in scenes to support your thesis.Show what
stereotypes the book or film promotes. Explain how this is
propaganda.

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OrganizationIntroduction (contains thesis statement)Thesis =
Your stance in an argument.A Thesis Statement is not:VagueAn
accepted factAmbivalent = Stating both sides of argument. In
the form of a question A broad topic BodySupportInterpret,
don't summarize Avoid digressions and irrelevant references to
personal experiences or beliefs. Avoid clichés and
unsupportable generalizations. Use quotations wisely to support
your discussion. Conclusion
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Thesis Suggestions
Do not merely say what happens in the movie or book.
Show how the novel or film uses incorrect stereotypes or
generalizations.
If the piece you choose is before 2001, how does it show people
from the Middle East?
If the piece you choose is after 2001, how does it use the 9-11
attacks to justify its representation of Middle Eastern people?
How is the film or book propaganda? What is it propaganda
for?
How does the film/book show other cultures/races?

5. Using QuotesUse quotations to support your argument. Keep
quotations short (try to avoid long, block quotes).Provide
context for the quote. Having a quote by itself with no
explanation of why it is there is pointless. Put punctuation after
the citation (which is in parentheses).Make sure the quote is
relevant.Cite quotes (Title of Film): When Chief Brody says,
“We're going to need a bigger boat” the audience gets an idea of
the scope of the danger (Jaws).
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Documenting Sources in the MLA Format for Film Papers
English and other humanities (art, philosophy, language) use the
MLA format.
Refer to Keys for Writers, Writing Matters, the MLA
Handbook, and on-line sources.
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Although it can be unintentional, plagiarism is always a serious
ethical and moral offense. It is, in effect, stealing and lying.
The penalty shall be automatic failure for the class in which the
plagiarism took place. Penalties for plagiarism can also apply
to students who voluntarily provide work of their own to be
plagiarized or who provide plagiarized work for others.

6. Incidents of plagiarism in this course shall be reported both to
the Academic Dean and to the Director of the School of General
Studies.
MLA Style: When citing material (quotes & paraphrases)
within the text of the paper, all you need is the author’s last
name and the page number, with no punctuation between them
and punctuation after the parentheses:
As most people know, “Play it again Sam” is a
misquote, but Bergman’s character, Ilsa, does say, “Play it
once, Sam” and “Play it Sam” (Casablanca). The film was
released in November in a limited run (Corey & Ochoa 64),
which showed the studio’s lack of confidence in that property.
A separate works cited page must have all required details.
Works Cited
Casablanca. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Perf. Humphrey Bogart and
Ingrid Bergman. Warner Brothers, 1942. MGM, 1999.
Corey, Melinda & George Ochoa, eds. American Film Institute
Desk Reference. Stonesong Press, 2002.
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Avoid Unreliable Sources!Wikipedia, Spark Notes, and many
other on-line sources are notoriously unreliable because they
can be written and amended by uninformed people or even
people purposely trying to misinform.Reliable—Trusted. A
source is reliable if it has an author, references, comes from a
source (magazine/journal) with a good reputation, is reasonably

7. up to date, and is free of grammatical and spelling errors.
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The ConclusionThe conclusion is more than restating the
thesis.The conclusion's primary function is to summarize
concisely a paper's major points, And it should take the paper's
main idea a step further. It should look beyond the paper's
limitations and extend its insights Don't use such phrases as "in
conclusion" or "to sum up”Don't try to be profound and claim
too much. Don't undermine your own argument by
contradicting yourself or pointing out that you could be wrong
or that it’s just your opinion. Save humility for other times in
your life.
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Use Academic/Formal ToneAvoid second person and first
person.Do not use contractions. Do not use slang, regional
dialect, or swear words (except in quotes).In writing about
stories/movies, present tense is used, as if the story is still
happening.Use gender neutral pronouns and make sure the
pronoun cases match (pronoun/antecedent). Use correct
grammar and punctuation.Refer to people by last names, not
first. In fiction, there is more flexibility to this as characters
are often thought of by their first names. When discussing
people outside of the story, use last names.Don’t define terms
using the dictionary—doing so seems as if you are trying to take

8. up space and are talking down to the reader.
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Revise! Revise! Revise!One of the main problems people have
with their papers is that they don’t bother to proofread or edit.
Revising can often raise the grade by one or two full
grades.When revising, look for grammatical, spelling, word
choice, and punctuation mistakes.Look for contradictions,
digressions, generalizations, irrelevant quotes, and weaknesses
in style and presentation.
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On Line
Resourceshttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/Th
e Owl at Purdue has a few tips on how to write a literature
paper.http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/http://
www.easybib.com/
http://www.imdb.com
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On Line

9. Resourceshttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/618/01/Th
e Owl at Purdue has a few tips on how to write a literature
paper.http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/http://
www.easybib.com/
http://www.imdb.com
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