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Descriptive Essay Assignment: The Subway by George TookerDirections: Use the painting, The Subway by George Tooker from The New York Times or in your textbook from Steps to Writing Well by Jean Wyrick (pp. 267) to write your five paragraph essay. Study and analyze the famous painting, The Subway by George Tooker. Your assignment is to write a five paragraph essay describing the painting. Your task: is to write a five paragraph essay, 3-4 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman with size 11 or 12 font on 8x11 standard white paper. Do not double-side your essay. Please follow the instructions for proper heading: Your name, last four digits of your student ID#, ENG-101/Course Section, Descriptive Essay, BMCC, Professor Cunningham, and the due date. Please use proper citation if you are doing research. Follow MLA format. See below for a sample guideline. Your essay should have a title and it should be centered. Your last name and page number should be on each page as per MLA format. You should have a work cited page with the citation of the paining (i.e., Tooker, George.?The Subway. 1950. Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York). I have already cited this for you and you should copy this on to the last page of your essay, the work cited page. Staple your essay in the upper left hand corner of your essay. Descriptive Essay Topic:Describe the painting, The Subway by George Tooker by examining the artist’s choice of arrangement of details in the picture. What aspect of urban life is represented here? Do you see any futuristic elements in this 1950s painting? What parts of the picture illustrate and clarify this point of view? When composing your essay, be sure to make your descriptions vivid by using clear, precise words by incorporating sensory details such as sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. You can also appeal to your reader by using figurative language when appropriate (i.e., simile, metaphor, and personification). You can also read Chapter 7-Word Logic (pp.158-181). For more information and tips on how to write an effective descriptive essay, read Chapter 16 (pp.347-363). Sample Paper Guideline:-1143008763000James Johnson/2345Johnson 1ENG 101-1010Descriptive EssayBorough of Manhattan Community CollegeProfessor Cunningham09/19/2017The Subway by George TookerTab your essay because you need to indent when starting a new paragraph. Every time you have a new topic, you need to develop a new paragraph. Your thesis statement as well as your three specific points discussed will be included here. Next, you need to use a transition when moving from one paragraph to the next. You should start off with a strong topic sentence. Your body paragraphs should have a lot of vivid details about the painting. Also, you need three body paragraphs that highlight your description about the painting.You should conclude your essay. Lastly, the next page is your work cited page. You need 3-4 pages, not including the work cited page. Good luck with your paper. -8572521717000Johnson 5Work CitedTooker, George.?The Subway. 1950. Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings. Whitney Museum of American Art, New YorkThe descriptive essay is due Monday, September 25, 2017 at the beginning of class. Good luck!!!! ................
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