p2: first draft of e1

You’ve identified a cultural metaphor you want to analyze and invented a new metaphor to replace it with. Now draft your essay. It should be about 1500 words and have the following:

1. A thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph.
2. Your analysis of the current metaphoric concept and its most important parts and extensions. Use common sayings or other examples to establish the “used” parts of the metaphor.
3. Two or more paragraphs illustrating the metaphor’s purpose by analyzing at least two real-world examples for rhetorical context. Create footnotes that give the source information for your examples. We will convert these into formal citations later.
4. At least a paragraph developing the negative implications of the metaphor.
5. Present the new metaphor you are proposing. Explain what your new metaphor highlights and hides, how it leads to a better understanding of the concept, and how it avoids the problems of the metaphor it is replacing.
6. Conclude with some reflections on how your new metaphor changes the way we understand the concept.

There will be an additional section to add for your second draft, which I will explain next week.

Save your draft as a .doc, .docx or .pdf and upload it to Canvas by 10am Tue 3.3.