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“That?s Not Funny! We will be reading and discussing Caitlin Flanagan?s article ?That?s Not Funny!? which criticizes the way standup comics are often received on college campuses. You?ll get to think about her comments, compare them with your observations, and write a response to her point of view. We?ll also continue to talk about what an academic essay is and practice with the writing process we go through to create an academic essay. For this essay, you will be summarizing and responding to Flanagan?s main idea. The Assignment For your fourth essay of the semester, you will summarize and respond to Flanagan?s article ?That?s Not Funny!?
In a complete academic essay, explain what is happening with comedians on college campuses, according to Flanagan, and what her opinion is of the situation. Then, take a stand by responding to Flanagan. Do you agree with Flanagan? Why or why not?
To fully answer these questions, you should pull ideas from Flanagan by paraphrasing, summarizing, or quoting and use your own personal experience and observations. You are welcome to say ?I? when you talk about your own experience. The final draft should have all of the parts of an academic essay: an introduction paragraph with a thesis, several focused body paragraphs with clear topic sentences, and a conclusion paragraph. The length requirement is four to five pages. Things to Shoot For
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A clear, specific thesis statement in the introduction paragraph that directly connects to the prompt (the part in bold). In this essay, it states your response to Flanagan?s opinions about humor on college campuses
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Remember to quote correctly and to include a correctly formatted Works Cited Page
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Multiple body paragraphs that follow an organizational strategy
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Body paragraphs that each focus on one specific subtopic related to the thesis; that subtopic is clear in each body paragraphs topic sentence
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Clear explanations of the key concepts from the reading
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Body paragraphs that accurately summarize the reading and state and support your opinion from the thesis
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A carefully proofread final draft that is generally free of distracting and confusing sentence-level errors and correctly cites the reading you?ve used
