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Assignment

You'll be researching what qualities make the most frightening fictional/film monster(s) and presenting that research via an MLA-formatted annotated bibliography. You will need at least TWO web sources, at least TWO Academic Database sources, at least ONE print text source, AND ONE source from the Monsters text (which I have the book, I can send various sources and you can choose the one of your liking). Thus, you'll have at least six sources.

You'll also attach a synthesis/argument page to each annotated bibliography-the directions are below. As always, see me if you're stumped. When you proofread, note that likely errors will involve:

vague pronoun use (it's easy to craft sentences with a vague "they" referring to the maker of the film),

Passive voice (avoiding "they" can lead to really vague "scenes were added" types of statements),

Indefinite "you" (check for it and lose it-it will never be correct in an essay like this),

MLA v. APA.

Regarding the Synthesis/Argument Page:

As a cover page for each AB, answer the following questions in a paragraph each:

MLA (most frightening film/literary monster)

What were the circumstances of your first encounter with this monster, and why did if frighten you so at that time? Is this a monster that terrifies all audience members, or is there something about it that you are particularly sensitive to?

In what film(s) does your topic appear? Use your imagination--what might the film or book have been like without this particular monster?

Which part of the writing of this MLA-based assignment was the worst for you, and how this experience will help you be smarter when you're assigned research projects in your Research and Analysis class (it's the next in the sequence!).