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English 101
Seminar Paper for Unit 2 (The Review)
10 points
Week 5 Mon 5/4: Due: Seminar paper due on “Our Vanishing Night,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg, pp
240-243, and “The Ugly Tourist,” by Jamaica Kincaid, pp 199-202.
Due: Monday, May 4:
What to read and write about: “Our Vanishing Night,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg, pp 240-243,, and “The Ugly
Tourist,” by Jamaica Kincaid, pages 199-202, in 50 Essays.
Quotation requirements: For each essay read, your answers to the questions below should include at least
two quotations, though they can include more. These quotations can be introduced in any of the three ways
we have learned: 1) with a short signal phrase; 2) with a full sentence of your own and a colon; 3) blended into
the grammar of your sentence. All quotations should be followed by parenthetical page citations. Do not use
quotations longer than four typed lines of your text, which require a different kind of formatting and are too
long for this short seminar paper assignment.
The Questions:
1. Questions? Confusions? What parts both essays confuse you or do you have questions about? Ask your
questions and then spend a few sentences speculating about what the answers might be. If you have
no confusions, then discuss whatever part of each essay seems particularly complicated, ambiguous, or
open to interpretation. Offer your ideas about these parts of the reading.
2. In each essay, what particular moment or phrase or sentence stands out to you as interesting or
meaningful? Why do you think it stands out and how is it meaningful? What does it mean, and how
does that moment connect to the overall meaning of the whole essay?
3. For “Our Vanishing Night,” answer question 2 on page 243-4. For “The Ugly Tourist,” answer question 1
or question 5 on page 202.
4. Discuss how each essay uses ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to readers and support its argument.
Format: Same as before:
 Word-processed and double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, 12-point font.
 Name in upper right corner.
 Number your answers according to the questions on this sheet.
 Title with the number of the seminar paper (Seminar Paper #1, #2, etc) and the titles of the essays
discussed. The titles of the essays should be in quotation marks and capitalized according to MLA rules
for capitalization in titles.
Submission method: On paper
Length: Approximately 1 ½ - 2 pages typed and double-spaced, or about 300 – 400 words.
Grading: 10 points, as follows:
 Shows that you have read the entire text; it shows an accurate comprehension of the text (2.5 pts).
 Answers the questions fully and deeply, presenting examples and discussing them, showing
involvement in and curiosity about the reading (3 pts).
 Includes the required references to the text, and the mechanics of quotation, paraphrase, or summary
are correct (2.5 pts).
 Is proofread, and there are no major grammatical errors (2 pts).