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Construct the Paper

Purpose:

• Construct a paper

Process:

Writing the paper

1. Introduction
   • The paper needs to open with an introduction
   • Introduction should be about a half of a page.
   • Discuss Second Orality--the fusion of orality and literate cultures.
   • Quote something that Walter Ong had to say about it.
   • Cite the source in a works cited.
2. Method
   • In this paragraph, discuss what you will be doing in the paper: assessing one film (or TV show) by using the orality and literate culture ideals.
   • List all of the orality and literate culture ideals (the 9 pairings)
   • Do not discuss how those pairings occur in your film; that's what you will place below the method paragraph--they rewriting you have been doing for the last few weeks.
3. Analysis paragraphs
   • These nine paragraphs are the writing that you have been doing for the last few weeks.
   • Use enumeration in the first sentences to help the reader know where they are in the paper
     • The first pairing is....
     • or say
     • The first of the nine pairings covers...
   • Each of the nine paragraphs should follow the following structure
     • In the first sentence of each paragraph, give the two names of the oral and literate ideas that are linked on the checklist table. Then describe the orality idea in a sentence or two, followed by however many sentences you'll need to show that orality ideal in your narrative. Continuing in the same paragraph, give a sentence or two about the literate ideal, followed by a few sentences where you suggest how that ideal occurs in the narrative.
     • Here is a list of the parts of each paragraph
       1. Main sentence that that discusses the orality and literate pair
          • Such as Additive and Subordinative
       2. 2-3 sentences of the Orality ideal
          • Example: Describe what Additive means in the sense of Orality
       3. 3-5 sentences about what in your narrative shows that Orality ideal
          • Example: Where does Additive occur in the narrative?
       4. 2-3 sentences of the Literate ideal
          • Example: Describe what Subordinative means
       5. 3-5 sentences about what in your narrative shows that Literate ideal
          • Example: Where does Subordinative occur in the narrative?
   
   
4. Conclusion
   • Do not give warm fuzzy wrap ups of the paper
   • Do not restate what the paper discussed.
   • Conclusions in research offer other ways to continue one's research
   • Suggest how others can use this grid of 9 pairings, such as studying their own films with the 9 pairings.
   • You can also suggest how second orality can be used to study video games, TV shows, and social media