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Comprehensive Response GuidelinesDirections: For each assigned reading, you are to construct a summary that reflects a high level of critical engagement with the text which you have read. You may do this via one of two methodologies: creatively, or, in expository fashion. If you choose the expository, route, I will enter in an example below of how that should appear, theoretically; as well, expository summaries should be posted to that class’s blog post. For example, if you are to read Albert Camus’s “The Myth of Sisyphus” for Class XIII, then you would post the summary on Class XIII’s blog entry, in the comments field as we have done, previously, throughout the semester. If you choose the creative route, you must produce a product (hyperlink, JPEG, GIF, DOC, PDF) that can either be displayed on the class blog, or be displayed, anonymously, during class. Thus, it should be e-mailed to me or posted to the blog in the comments field. Here is an expository summary diagram:*Should be at least 4-5 sentences, minimum. *Should quote the author and engage a full signal phrase*Should follow the 70/30 rule properly—70% your own words, 30% the author’s words.*It’s always best to directly quote unless summarizing long passages.*Completely avoid 2nd person pronouns.*Avoid frequent and overt use of all 1st person pronouns.EX: The idea that endless labor is a punishment is not only boring, but intimidating (*Opening line of summary should hook a reader and not be generic or abstract, but inviting). According to Albert Camus in “The Myth of Sisyphus,” from The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays written in 1945, the gods punished Sisyphus, specifically making him the new lord of the underworld, to an “eternity of futile and hopeless labor” (#). This stands as a great and grand gesture as many myths do which help their readers to learn from the mistakes and hubris of both heroes and villains. However, in the case of Sisyphus, the worst punishment possible is death. Sisyphus loved both love and death which is obviously proven in his never-ending quest to let the rock defeat him, nor to let his body rest. [ . . . ] [Write more, write as much as you can.]Creative summaries could (but are not limited to) be:YouTube video summariesJPEG/GIF memesTwitter feedsScreenshots of Facebook conversationsPrezi presentationsMP3 or similar files of you talkingPhysical collages, scanned in and e-mailedPowerPoint presentationText message conversation with a friend (screen shot, sent)(others)This is our task, perhaps even twice a week, for the rest of the semester. Do not miss more than one of these or you will see a large drop in your grade. Keep up with the readings and do not forget the utter importance of the signal phrase (author name, title of text – quotes or italics, depending – and title of overall work, perhaps even the year it was written). ................
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