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Instructions For Academic Analysis Paragraph - COM 101 - Summer2021

The document provides instructions for a COM 101 assignment to write a 8-12 sentence paragraph analyzing Jim Jeffries' comedy routine on gun control using PPER (Point, Proof, Explain, Relate) form. Students must cite the YouTube video in their paragraph using APA style and submit their assignment online by the due date of Tuesday July 20th at midnight.

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Instructions For Academic Analysis Paragraph - COM 101 - Summer2021

The document provides instructions for a COM 101 assignment to write a 8-12 sentence paragraph analyzing Jim Jeffries' comedy routine on gun control using PPER (Point, Proof, Explain, Relate) form. Students must cite the YouTube video in their paragraph using APA style and submit their assignment online by the due date of Tuesday July 20th at midnight.

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COM 101: Academic Analysis Paragraph (15%)

Due date: Tuesday July 20th at midnight

• Length: Approx. 8-12 sentences (approximately 200 words)


• Be written in PPER form
• You must cite your primary source (the youtube video) properly in APA style for both in-text
citations and a reference list citation. See below for cheat sheet.
• Submit an online copy on Blackboard- no emailed submissions will be accepted.

Instructions:
Write a paragraph in PPER form analyzing the effectiveness of persuasive techniques
(appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos) in Jim Jeffries’ comedy routine on gun control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0

PPER Paragraph Form

POINT- 1 sentence. A clear, concise statement about what your paragraph will prove. It is a
statement about: HOW he persuades his audience (techniques under pathos, ethos, and
logos) and HOW EFFECTIVELY he persuades his audience.

- ie: Jeffries’ appeal to pathos is effective


- ie. Jeffries’ appeal to ethos and logos is ineffective

PROOF- 1 sentence. The quote. Show your reader the specific quotation that proves your point.
Integrate your quotation nicely into this sentence.

EXPLAIN- 3-6 sentences. **** MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE ESSAY: Explain your thinking slowly
and clearly. Even if it seems obvious!

Explain:
1) How do you know this is the particular rhetorical technique you have identified.
2) Why do you think this technique was effective/ ineffective? Take me through your thinking slowly
here. Spend at least 3 sentences. Make sure you make your case! Prove to me that you are right. Use
the hand out from class to evaluate rhetorical appeals.

RELATE- 1 sentence. Restate your topic sentence in different words.

(for a sample body paragraph see the ppt posted on blackboard- Sample Body Paragraph)

The goal is to identify which rhetorical appeals the author uses, and then point to a VERY
SPECIFIC example of that appeal. Then, prove that this technique is either effective or
ineffective. Use the notes from class to identify specific techniques and to evaluate them.
REMEMBER: the most important part of the essay is explaining to me WHY you think this
rhetoric is effective or ineffective! This is the E in PPER. See sample body paragraph for further
explanation of this.

*note: You are not giving your opinion about whether you agree with the argument itself, you are
analyzing the small details in the way in which your author convinces us of his/her opinion on
that topic.

IMPORTANT: Use specific support from your source: quotes.

APA Documentation Style: Citing a Youtube video

General Format

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):


(Author Surname OR Screen name, Year, time in video*)

In-Text Citation (Quotation):


(Author Surname OR Screen name, Year, time in video*)

References:
Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. OR Author screen name. (Year, Month Day
{of video post}). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from URL of specific video

Example

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):


(Norton, 2006, 7:54)

In-Text Citation (Quotation):


(Norton, 2006, 2:33)

References:
Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video
file]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

Here, the "author" is the person who uploaded the video file. The screen name should be
spelled and capitalized exactly as it appears, even if it does not observe standard spelling and
capitalization rules.

*the time cue in the video in the in-text citations is something I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO! (It is
not proper APA form) but I’d like you to do it for this assignment because I think it will help you
to identify very specific examples. Don’t try to analyze the whole video.

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