RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT
You are to write a literary analysis on a selection(s) of literature from the textbook.
Whether you are dealing with fiction, poetry, or nonfiction literature, use the present tense (also called the literary present tense) to discuss the actions and thoughts presented in the text. Do this because literature exists as a present phenomenon regardless of whether or not its author is alive.
Length: - 1200 -1500 words
Sources Required: - Primary source(s) in textbook (selection of literature to analyze)
- FIVE secondary sources, minimum (use only literary criticisms or author bios from GALILEO databases or scholarly books; NO "wiki" or "shmoop" or "enotes" or "sparknotes", etc., allowed)
Quotations Required: - 5-7 quotations from the primary source(s)
- At LEAST ONE quotation PER each secondary source used; you must use THREE secondary sources, minimum, from the five listed on your annotated bibliography - TOTAL quotations = 8-12 (minimum)
- Total quoted material should not exceed 30-35% of your paper, so be selective in what you quote and do not insert "chunks" of quotations.
Format: MLA formatting
Research topic proposal and Argumentative thesis
Thesis Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
Formal sentence outline and complete rough draft with quotations and Works Cited
Final Research Paper 6-7 pages.