Question:
You should be well on your way in writing your research paper by now. This assignment is for you to begin a preliminary draft of that final paper. This paper should be at least three pages (approx. 700 words) and use two outside sources from the library databases not including your novel.
After the introduction to your research topic and your thesis sentence, develop your first point. What do you want the reader to see about your book after he/she reads your essay? You will develop this much more in your final paper, but this should be a focused essay on at least one point you plan on making in your final paper. (If you change your mind and go in another direction, you will not be held to using this thesis, but for planning purposes, come as close as you can to what you think you are going to do in your final paper.)
This will require you to focus and narrow your thesis very strictly to something you can do in this limited amount of space. Instead of trying to make three or more points, focus on only one. You will use the analytical skills you have been developing in doing this paper. Find at least two sources that will help you develop that point.
Bring two printed copies of your draft to class for peer review. Edit and revise your work according to the feedback you received, and post your final version to the appropriate