For this assignment, if you visit the Learning Commons physically or virtually and a tutor signs or comments on your draft, or use the Essay Review Dropbox, you will earn 25 points toward the research paper. Please make an appointment if you wish to visit the L.C. in person or via Zoom. You must include your proof when you upload your essay to our class’ “Dropbox” or via eLearn. if you are having trouble uploading it, take a screenshot and email it to me using either my eLearn or volstate email address.
Final draft due: April 28th at 11:59pm (Please upload to eLearn; only Microsoft Word document will be accepted).
Length: 5-8 pages.
Format requirements: Double-spaced, with 1-inch margins all around, and Times New Roman 12-pt. font. You should give your paper a title; include your name, class section and my name.
Grade: This assignment is worth 350 points of your grade.
Other requirements: Students must have a primary text and at least five scholarly/trusted sources. All requirements must be met to receive full credits.
Objectives:
This formal assignment will cover six of TBR/VSCC’S Goals and Outcomes:
Write acceptable essays about primary literary sources (the works themselves). Acceptable essays have appropriate organization, well-developed paragraphs, support from the text, few language errors, and proper documentation. [TBR A, B, and F]
Practice the critical and analytical methodologies of the Humanities and/or Fine Arts.
Frame a comparative context through which students can critically assess the ideas, forces, and values that have created the modern world.
Analyze significant primary texts and works of art, ancient, pre-modern, and modern, as forms of cultural and creative expression
Use problem-solving as an application of critical thought.
Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills.
Directions:
The Analytical Research Paper is a continuation of our “Research Proposal and Working Bibliography” where you choose your own from a primary text (one of the stories, play, and poems) as the foundation of your research paper to formulate a research question. The purpose of the research paper is for you to engage in an in depth-analysis of your topic, and to create a specific, narrow, and significant main argument, utilizing a primary source and scholarly sources as a focal point.
Format requirement: please use MLA in-text citation whether you are paraphrasing or quoting. Remember, your ideas must be yours.
A successful paper will have the following elements:
A well-developed/compelling thesis statement/argument (last sentence of the intro);
Supportive paragraphs with topic sentences;
At least five secondary sources in addition to your primary text;
Quotes from primary and secondary sources supporting your points. Please do not overwhelm your paper with quotes;
Introducing your quotes. Examples: According to Swift/Moliere/Adichie, “…”; he/she claims/states/asserts, “…”, etc.;
Explanation/analysis of quotes;
Transitions—between paragraphs;
Proper MLA formatting (in-text citation and works cited);
Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced.
Note
Research paper from previous classes and/or semesters will not be accepted. Ideas must be original.
Late papers will not be accepted. No exceptions.
