I need help in writing persuasive essay
Humanities
the movie name is “foreign student”
I chosen it coz I a foreign student in the united states
I want you to write why this movie related to me in terms of studying in the united states and so..
u can find a review of the movie here
https://www.tvguide.com/movies/foreign-student/rev…
make sure u follow the steps bellow
thanks
The Basics: Choose a movie that connects to your life in some way (that can be about your life stage,
your background, your life experience, your job) and argue whether or not that movie does a good or
bad job of portraying the experiences of the people involved. Again, you must be connected to the
people in the movie in some way. For example, if you select the movie Star Wars you must be a Jedi or a
Sith, you must live in a galaxy far, far away…you get the picture.
In other words, your thesis statement will be something like:
In the movie
Wonder Boys
, a film based on Michael Chabon’s book of the same title, English professors
are portrayed as frustrated writers on a search for a prodigy. Grady Tripp’s characters also suggests that
English professors spend a good amount of time fighting both administration and editors while making a
mess of their personal lives. However, that many English professors may in fact be struggling writers
may be the only accurate part of the film.
It should 1. Name the move 2. Answer whether the movie is effective of not in portraying the aspect you
are focusing on 3. Offer three reasons why your claim (#2) is accurate.
Your body paragraphs (at least 3 required) should then address each aspect (see below for outline) and
offer evidence from both the movie AND your life that PROVE the show is effective.
Use clear topic sentences and transitions! The thesis guides the paper. The topic sentence guides the
paragraph. If these are not solid, clear, specific, often the rest of the essay goes off track!
What We’re Looking For:
1. Clear topic sentences.
2. Complete sentences
3. Unity/cohesion
4. Paragraph format
5. Correct capitalization/punctuation/grammar
Sample Outline with Topic Sentences
Body Paragraph #1- Film portrays English professors as frustrated writers
Topic Sentence: To begin, Wonder Boys main character, Grady Tripp, suggests English Professors are
frustrated writers and thus far, in my experience, I have found this to be true.
Body Paragraph #2- Not searching for a prodigy
Topic Sentence: However, while the portrayal of the writing life may resemble real life, most professors
are not seeking a prodigy student like James Leer.
Body Paragraph #3- not messing up their personal lives
Finally, in the film, Tripp spends a significant time muddying the waters between his professional and
personal life, whereas most professors like to maintain separate lives and are, in fact, successful in doing
so.
Sample Paragraph:
Body Paragraph #1- To begin, Wonder Boys main character, Grady Tripp, suggests English Professors are
frustrated writers and thus far, in my experience, I have found this to be true. More specifically, in the
film, Tripp had a very successful novel many years ago, and his editor is awaiting his next book. Tripp
spends quite a bit of time in his office, and at home, attempting to complete a behemoth of a novel that
he knows is bad. We also see, through his envy of student and prodigy James Leer, that Tripp is clearly at
a standstill in his creative career. This portrayal of English professors is, again in my experience, fairly
accurate. Nearly every English professor I had in college and nearly everyone I know in my personal life
is either working on publishing creative or scholarly work. Many of them, like Tripp, spend a good
amount of time struggling with their non-teaching work in order to complete passion projects. Because
there seems to be an abundance of English professors in a similar situation to Tripp, this portrayal may
be accurate.