Writer select one of the topics listed
Order Description
This research paper assignment supports the followin" rel="nofollow">ing objectives:
? Write critical papers that make arguments salient to the students' readin" rel="nofollow">ing of the texts in" rel="nofollow">in question.
? Demonstrate critical thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing and readin" rel="nofollow">ing skills when readin" rel="nofollow">ing and respondin" rel="nofollow">ing to texts.
Assignment Overview
? This assignment requires that students submit a research paper followin" rel="nofollow">ing MLA documentation standards.
Activity Details
Perform the followin" rel="nofollow">ing tasks:
? Step 1: Write a research followin" rel="nofollow">ing MLA documentation standards.
You must cite all sources referred to, no matter how much you?ve paraphrased
the idea and regardless of how oblique your reference is. If you are quotin" rel="nofollow">ing somethin" rel="nofollow">ing
not specifically referred to in" rel="nofollow">in your textbook, consult the MLA Guide available through
the library or me.
You must use at least 3 sources. None may come through the in" rel="nofollow">internet unless
approved by me (although databases like Expanded Academic Index, Magill, MLA in" rel="nofollow">index may be
used as much as you want); do not use excerpted collections of criticism as
?Dictionary of Literary Biography? or ?Encyclopedia of Criticism.? The primary
text (the work you are writin" rel="nofollow">ing about) does NOT count as a source.
This research paper is NOT to be a biographical study. This is to be a work of
critical analysis. It should be thesis-driven, which means that you will posit an
argumentative thesis that will enlighten the reader as to the possible meanin" rel="nofollow">ings
of the text, and that your research will therefore help prove your poin" rel="nofollow">ints regardin" rel="nofollow">ing
the text. Thus, all research must concentrate on the primary text, not the author?s
life. Use quotes and examples from the text to help prove your poin" rel="nofollow">int, but avoid
extensive paraphrasin" rel="nofollow">ing of the text. Remember that this is a literature class, not a
sociology or history class; therefore, your research should draw from books and
articles about the literacy works we?ve read, and not from psychology texts, how-to
or self-help books, or so on. A typical source might be an article on Twain" rel="nofollow">in published
in" rel="nofollow">in American Literature, located by the student through usin" rel="nofollow">ing the MLA Bibliographical Index.
Demonstrate throughout the paper why your poin" rel="nofollow">int is relevant and how it helps us reach a greater
understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the work in" rel="nofollow">in question. AVOID OVER-SUMMARIZING. Assume your audience is
familiar with the primary text. The paper must be on a work covered in" rel="nofollow">in this class.
? Step 2: Select one of the topics listed below
o Symbolic representation of the class struggles in" rel="nofollow">in "Daisy Miller"; use of
buildin" rel="nofollow">ings, names, etc.
o Biblical imagery, themes, etc., in" rel="nofollow">in The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin" rel="nofollow">inn.
Perform the followin" rel="nofollow">ing tasks:
Submit your paper in" rel="nofollow">in a Microsoft Word document. It should be approximately 1000 words in" rel="nofollow">in length.
? Font: Arial; 12 poin" rel="nofollow">int
? Lin" rel="nofollow">ine Spacin" rel="nofollow">ing: Double
? 1-in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins
? Number the pages
? Follow MLA documentation
The book listed below must be used as 1 of 3 sources
Textbook: Concise Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition:
o Mark Twain" rel="nofollow">in (pp 1187?1365) ?Adventures of Huckleberry Fin" rel="nofollow">inn?
or
o Henry James (pp 1398?1438) ?Daisy Miller?
----Concise Anthology of American Literature. Ed. McMichael, George and James S. Leonard. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education, Inc., 2011. --- Anthology