RESEARCH-BASED ESSAY GUIDELINES:
ESSAYS WILL BE DUE ON WEDNESDAY, NOV 18TH.
ESSAYS SHOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING PAGE REQUIREMENTS: NO LESS THAN FIVE (5) COMPLETE PAGES. ANY ESSAYS WHICH DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM 5 PAGES WILL NOT BE GRADED.
THE MINIMUM FOR RESEARCHED MATERIALS (ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, INTERVIEWS, ETC.) IS FIVE (5) SECONDARY RESOURCES.
ESSAYS SHOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF EIGHT (8) QUOTES. QUOTES SHOULD BE RELEVANT TO YOUR TOPIC AND SHOULD NOT BE LONGER THAN THREE (3) SENTENCES. REMEMBER, QUOTES SHOULD ONLY PROVIDE THE READER AN ADDITIONAL POINT OF VIEW CONCERNING YOUR TOPIC. THEY SHOULD NOT REPLACE YOUR PERCEPTION OR OPINION.
QUOTES AND PARAPHRASED INFORMATION (INFORMATION WHICH YOU LEARNED DURING YOUR RESEARCH FOR THE ESSAY) SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY IN-TEXT CITATIONS.
ESSAYS MUST INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE. ESSAYS WITHOUT A WORK CITED PAGE WILL NOT BE READ OR GRADED.
ESSAYS SHOULD BE CRITICAL EXPLORATIONS OF YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC AS IT RELATES TO THE JOYCE CAROL OATES STORY. IN ADDITION, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER TO COMMENT ON THE ELEMENTS OF THE SHORT FICTION (PLOT-CONFLICT, SETTING, CHARACTER, THEME, SYMBOL), AS THEY RELATE TO THE STORY AND TO YOUR TOPIC.
TO REITERATE, YOU SHOULD DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING IDEAS IN YOUR RESEARCH-BASED ESSAY:
A. YOUR TOPIC (DEVELOPED THROUGH RESEARCH AND YOUR UNDERSTANDING OR OPINION)
B. THE STORY
C. THE ELEMENTS OF FICTION
YOU WILL NEED TO ANALYZE YOUR TOPIC AND THE STORY, LOOKING AT CONNECTIONS AND JUXTAPOSITIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, OPPOSITIONS, ETC.
ESSAYS SHOULD BE IN A TWO-POCKET FOLDER (JUST LIKE THE LAST TIME) AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
1) TYPED FINAL ESSAY, DOUBLE-SPACED
2) OUTLINE
3) WORKS CITED PAGE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO LET ME KNOW.
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