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Directions for Essay Two
Step One: Understand the Assignment
Before writing the essay, read the following documents in “Resources for Writing
Assignments” in the course Content:







How to Write a Literary Analysis
Instructions for Doing Research
Rubric for Grading Essays
Guidelines for Using MLA Style
Example of a Works Cited Page
Sample Student Essays

A Word of Caution: if you do not read/ understand the documents listed above, you will not fully understand the assignment and may not make a passing grade. Many of you did not read all of these instructions for Paper One.

Step Two: Understand the Requirements (see Rubric for Grading Essays)
Each Essay is required to have/contain the following:


3 – 4 typed pages, not counting Works Cited page



Times New Roman, 12 point font



A Works Cited page, even if only a primary source is used



A critical argument, a thesis, based on one of the questions provided (see questions in Step Three)



Essay’s thesis is supported with quotes/examples from the primary source; remember to always introduce quotes and then explain them after you have correctly cited them. Put your quotes into context for the reader.



Essay’s thesis is supported with at least one secondary source – more than one source is not required, but strongly encouraged. However, do NOT use unreliable online sources, such as Wikipedia or Sparknotes



Logical organization that flows, using clear transitions between sentences and paragraphs 

Grammatically/mechanically correct



MLA style (see Guidelines for Using MLA Style) correctly used



Submitted in the Dropbox tool. Essay must be in Word format; PDF files are not accepted. Essays submitted by email attachment are not accepted.



Original work – do not plagiarize. All papers submitted to the Dropbox are checked for plagiarism through turnitin.com. Read: “How to Check
Originality in the Dropbox” in the course Content.

Step Three: Select ONE of the Following Questions
Answer ONE of the following questions in a fully-developed essay. (See “How to
Write a Literary Analysis in Course Resources.)













Define American Naturalism; include specific examples and characteristics from the class notes or other scholarly source. Use ONE of the following texts to define the term: chapter nine of Vandover and the Brute, “To Build a Fire,” or “The Blue Hotel.” Use only one story and narrow your focus.
Fully explain or define Norris’s concept of Naturalism; use chapter nine of
Vandover and the Brute to illustrate or support his assertions about the movement. Define American Modernism; include specific examples and from the class notes or other scholarly source. Use ONE of the following texts to define the term: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” or “Paul’s Case.”
In “The Blue Hotel,” the Swede is out of his natural environment, but why does he behave in such a peculiar manner? Does he think he's in the Wild West and he's playing the role of the tough guy? Include in your answer the definition and relevance of the dime novel. You may also consider that
Church’s assertion that the Swede as a "deluded stranger" who tries to prove his manhood by forcing his violent fantasies on others in the town.
Explain why you think the Swede in “The Blue Hotel” is the agent of his own death. Use the scholarly articles from the content to support your assertions.
Flowers are an important symbol in “Paul’s Case,” usually signifying Paul’s personality. Explain the different ways flowers are used to explain/define
Paul's character as well as the story's meaning. Use Crabtree's article, or other scholarly articles, and the story itself to support your assertions.
In addition to flowers, typically considered gynocentric symbols, phallic symbols, including the gun and the train, are used extensively in the story and are associated with Paul’s father, patriarchal authority, and Paul’s death.
Consider how these phallic symbols create meaning in the story – you may also consider Paul’s suicide as well as the early scene where Paul imagines his father shooting him as a burglar. What do the phallic symbols tell us about
Paul, his father, their relationship and the story’s meaning? Why does Paul kill himself the way he does?
The “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is a dramatic monologue, but Eliot has adapted or changed the traditional dramatic monologue for his Modern poem.
First define the traditional dramatic monologue, and then explain how Eliot changes this genre for a more Modern work. How are his changes more
Modern? Explain how these changes are important for understanding his poem as a Modern work.



Examine Prufock’s character – how does he illustrate the problems/characteristics of a Modern “everyman”? Who and what does he compare himself to and why? Does Prufrock come to any realization about his situation? Identify his epiphany or awakening – what does he finally admit?
Can he change? How does an analysis of Prufrock’s character help us understand the poem’s meaning?

Step Four: Plan and Write the Essay
Plan your essay: narrow and focus the question you have selected. Make sure you have a debatable, narrow focus that can be fully supported in a short essay. Then after you have selected your primary text, search for evidence in the text to support your argument; also search for scholarly articles that may support your focus. Read:
“Instructions for Doing Research” and “Student Essay Examples” in the course
Content.
Important points to remember:
1. Do not simply retell the text’s plot; your thesis is an analysis of a text.
2. Define all relevant terms. For example, if you are discussing “To Build a Fire” as an example of Naturalism, then you must define American Naturalism as a literary movement, using a specific scholarly definition. Cite your sources.
3. Relate your thesis back to the story’s meaning: This point is extremely important to remember. Always relate your purpose, back to the story’s meaning. Apply what I call the “so what” question. Here’s an example: let’s say you want to write about Grandison as a trickster figure in “The Passing of
Grandison.” Well, how does looking at the trickster figure help us understand the meaning of “The Passing of Grandison?” Fully think out and explain to your audience the essay’s purpose – keep your audience in mind – what do you want your audience to understand after reading your paper?
Structure of the Essay
Introduction:


An introduction may be more than one paragraph; use several if needed



The introduction will achieve the following: o Identify author and story title you are writing about o Include a brief overview of the plot as it relates to your focus; if you explain who your characters are, the setting, etc., then your ideas will be placed in context for the reader – always place your ideas in context for the reader. o Establish and fully explain your thesis, your purpose for writing; the thesis is a specific critical argument, not just a plot summary o Define relevant terms



The thesis will be clearly defined/ established; do not wait to explain the purpose in the conclusion.



Do not begin with general statements; do not begin general and then narrow; begin with your purpose.

Body:








The body of your paper supports your thesis; you must fully support your purpose or focus. Basically you’re doing a close reading of your text to support your focus – you must find evidence in the text to support your reading. Do not include anything that does not support your thesis. An example is background on the author; you do not need any biographical information on the author unless this relates to your focus.
Remember you are supporting a particular reading of the story, a point of view, and to do this, you must supply evidence from the story.
You are required to use specific examples and short quotes from your primary source.
You may also use evidence from secondary sources, scholarly articles; the use of secondary sources is strongly encouraged.
Do NOT use unreliable online sources in your paper, even for literary terms: use the definitions provided in the course Content. Using these sources may result in failure of the assignment.

Conclusion:


You do not need to repeat information in the conclusion; if you have already said everything, you may not need a formal conclusion.



NEVER say, “In conclusion”; I can see it is the end of the paper.

Step Five: Submit Your Paper


Submit your essay using the Dropbox tool. Do not send by email attachment.



Essays must be in Word format; PDF files are not accepted.



You may submit your paper more than once in the Dropbox tool, but ONLY the last copy will be graded.



Essays may be submitted early, but late papers must have an acceptable excuse.



After you submit, check the originality report in the Dropbox: see “How to Check
Originality in the Dropbox” in the course Content.

Step Six: Check your Grade and my Comments


After an assignment is graded, my comments may be viewed in the Grademark tool – it is essential that you read my comments – I will mark up your papers so that you can see many of your mistakes – these are marked on the paper itself, not



just separate comments. However, keep in mind that I am not a proofreader, and I may not catch all your mistakes.
Instructions on how to read my comments as well as how to check your paper’s originality report are located in “Student Tutorials” under “Resources for Writing
Assignments” in the Course Content.

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