Essay Instructions
Read and follow the directions very carefully.
Respond to ONE of the topics below.
Choose a topic related to gender and your chosen field of study. Discuss the problems and potential solutions for the issues you find. Use information from a minimum of three sources; at least one of these must come from the assigned readings in this module.
Choose one specific piece of media (a TV show, ad, film, web site, magazine, video game, news source, etc.) then discuss and analyze how it shapes people’s identities as related to gender. That is, how does it ask people to see gender? Keep in mind its rhetorical aims and effects discussed in Module 2.
Requirements:
Write an essay of at least 1000 words in response to the above prompt. This includes the first word of the essay to the last word of the essay; the essay title, heading, and Works Cited page are not included in the word count.
Follow the document formatting guidelines as indicated in the MLA section of your handbook. Instructions for MLA format are in Module 0.
Use in-text, parenthetical citations in MLA format each time you paraphrase, summarize, or quote directly from a source.
Include a corresponding MLA-formatted Works Cited page.
