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Research Paper /Format
1 After you have chosen which theme or themes you want to apply to your research paper and have completed your sentence outline ( an outline of the theme from the article or essay you chose), you are to start looking for that theme in the novel or selection and how it is presented or represented..
2 Since your research paper is a literary analysis paper, you will be looking for how your particular theme works in the novel/selection once you begin your paper. I suggest that you do not attempt to work on the paper until you have a clear and concise understanding of your theme and have read the entire novel/selection.
3 Make sure you mark significant passages in your novel/selection that will help to strengthen your argument.
4 Always introduce your direct quotation, paraphrase and summary. Also make sure you comment afterwards. By doing this introduction and commentary, your voice will be sure to be heard in the paper.
5 Make sure you remain as objective as possible. Note using the first person “I” in a paper makes it subjective. The second person “you” is not an indefinite pronoun. A useful pronoun to use is “one” then follow it with “s/he.” Or make the subject plural and follow it with “they.”
6 The length of your paper should be 6-8 full pages for ENGL 102 and 8-10 full pages for HUMA 201/202 with the Works Cited page not counting as one of those pages.
7 All pages should be numbered beginning with the first and ending with the Works Cited page.
8 For a paper this length you should have at least 6 sources. Three of these sources must be critical, from a collection of essays or an article in a refereed journal. A refereed journal is a journal that specializes in the topic where the paper has been sent to at least three of the author’s peers and then published. Do not use Wikipedia as a source. You may use it as a means to obtain a clear and precise idea of you topic. Sometimes Wikipedia will give you a link to a credible source that you may be able to use. You cannot use Smoop, Gradesaver, Enotes, Sparknotes etc.
9 If you do a cover page, MLA dictates that an outline of the paper should follow. You will be turning all materials into me in a portfolio on the due date. Do not bold, underline or italicize your titles of your papers, and please try to be creative with them.
10 JSTOR, MLA Bibliography, ABELL are just a few of the databases where you can obtain a refereed article. They are under Literature and Languages via of research port. They are online databases that you can retrieve from the University Library homepage.
Final submission of papers will be sent to Safe Assign and my email address that I created specifically for students which is
English 102
Documented Essay Guidelines
Write an essay on a particular topic from the class study of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple using documentation from four or more sources, including the novel, to support your thesis.
Before you begin, think about the following in respect to the novel:
1. plot
2. setting
3. character
4. point of view
5. theme
6. symbols
7. figurative language
8. the structure of the novel
Then consider possible topics to be determined during the reading and study of the novel.
PROCEDURE
1. Read the novel once, keeping in mind that you will need to do at least a second reading.
2. Visit the library to browse the shelves for literary criticism on Walker. Relate some of the material to your reading and study of the novel.
3. Keep reading notes and/or make notes within the text of the novel.
4. Select a topic that you can handle successfully in a documented essay with a minimum of five (5) full body pages in 12-point font.
5. Revisit the library (and the sources of your first visit) to see what criticism is available on your topic. Take notes on index cards.
6. Narrow your topic to a specific focus. Write a specific thesis sentence to express that focus. Note that you can adjust your thesis sentence when you write the introductory paragraph.
7. Revisit the text to find specific passages that will give you the support statements and details for your paper.
8. Write a sentence outline for your documented essay.
Documented Essay Guidelines
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9. Remember to compile a working bibliography from the sources you are
using. Note that you may eliminate one or more of these sources when you
compile the Works Cited page.
10. Write the introduction for your paper; the specific thesis sentence will end this
paragraph.
11. Continue writing to develop your thesis, using information from the novel, your documented sources, and your own body of criticism and interpretation.
12. Complete writing the drafts as outlined on the “Due Dates” portion of the syllabus. Revise your draft, hopefully after your instructor has completed a preliminary evaluation.
13. Proofread your paper for the following:
· Unity
· Coherence
· Transitions
· Tense sequence
· Conciseness
· Redundancy
· Sentence variety
· Parallelism
· Voice
· Citations
14. Complete the Works Cited page. Be sure to adhere to MLA style.
15. Use assigned models to type the final copy and submit on time.
NOTE: You must adhere to the University policy about academic integrity. Along with any assignment you submit comes your true promise that the work you submit is your own work, not work copied or borrowed from some other source and submitted as your own. Any print or non-print work you submit will come from your own creative self and/or from sources to which you have given appropriate credit through Works Cited and parenthetical citations. You also understand that any plagiarism violates academic integrity and carries a penalty of F for the assignment and/or the course.
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