| Format Requirements: |
 | Length: 2-5 pages (12-point font, double spaced) |
| A cover page with a creative title for your paper |
| Header with your last name & page number in upper right corner |
| Your author and which work you're analyzing should be clearly noted in
your title or header |
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| Plot Summary |
| You are actually required to write a plot summary! |
| Spend approximately 1/2 page discussing what occurred in the novel |
| Assume your reader has not read the book |
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| Literary Analysis |
| Choose one or two facets of the text you read to analyze in your paper |
| It will be impossible for you to analyze everything about your book,
so just pick what is most interesting to you or most unique to your
author. |
| Write a complex thesis (cause and effect or progression of ideas)
(It might take 20 minutes to write a great thesis, but it's worth it.
This is the central idea of your paper and it will have a large impact on
your grade.) |
| Make sure all of your paper adheres to your thesis. (Double
check the focus of your paper when you're finished by making sure your
topic sentences fit under your thesis.) |
| Inject critical thinking into your paper by asking yourself how? and
why? |
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| Bibliography Page |
| Cite all of your sources in MLA form. |
| Remember to even cite sources where you found ideas (not just quotes,
though that's necessary too). This might include various websites,
classmates, and written resources. |
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| Procedural Requirements |
| Submit your paper and all drafts to me by 3 p.m. on the day it's due |
| Submit your paper to turnitin.com by 3 p.m. on the due date |
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| Reminders |
| Papers are worth 100 points |
| Late papers are only worth 50% of the grade they earn |
| Even one sentence of plagiarism constitutes fraud and will result in a
zero on the assignment. |
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