Hello Everyone,
Aside from the usual good good morning and welcome by Rivers we dove right into working on our 3 act structure letter. Rivers promptly reminded us that the letter must consist of a decent amount of synthesis and specific evidence from both texts. Following this Rivers clarified on any misconceptions on the requirements about the letter and also reminded us that using an outside source other than the two texts would be considered plagiarism. Following this reminder Rivers brought up the topic of connotations of tone words within our writing, he did this by bringing up a review for the movie Independence Day Resurgence. Along with an activity with a large arc up on the board displaying positive, negative, and neutral signs. Our groups were then tasked with inputting key words and phrases from the review to the Arc.
As an outside example I chose one of my favorite YouTube channels Cinema Sins as an example for displaying tone. For those of you who are unaware of Cinema Sins they are a YouTube channel that is super critical of film. During Cinema Sins rant on Back to the Future you'll notice that the narrator keep a consistent neutral tone when reviewing most of the film although it is clear that he is there to review the film negatively. When the narrator is describing events from the movie he takes a very negative approach at critiquing the film for example; when Marty asks Doc what time it is in the opening scene the narrator points out that Marty is clearly wearing a watch. But later on in the film when Marty's hand starts to disappear he says that this is one of his favorite scenes from all of cinema.
Excellent post! Valuable information from the day’s learning and also a great extension about the world of Cinema Sins. Not sure I buy that his tone is consistently neutral-- it’s more likely that it’s consistently EXTREME (whether VERY critical, like the watch or VERY loving, like declaring this one of his favorite scenes of all time).
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