(Minimum of 1,500-2,500 words/approx. 7-8 pages)
DUE: Upswing Review in Canvas (Extra Credit by 11:59 p.m., Tues., April 16, 2024)
DUE: final draft in Canvas (by 11:59 p.m., Tues., April 30, 2024)
Your Turnitin.com Originality Report when you submit to Canvas must be 20% or less.
Expectations:
This is an academic essay, which means I expect to see an introduction, body paragraphs, and a
conclusion. Your paper should be well organized, logical, with a good flow, and free of
mechanical (spelling, capitalization, and punctuation) errors.
Preparation:
Proceed through each of the five steps of the writing process: 1) generating ideas, 2) organizing
ideas, 3) writing a first draft, 4) revising, and 5) proofreading.
Directions/Prompt:
Write a literary analysis essay of “Post-Conflict Combatant” by Julianne Pachico
https://hazlitt.net/longreads/post-conflict-combatant.
When referencing the text, please include the source information (as you will for each source) in
your Works Cited. Evaluate the text carefully and exactly based on literary
devices/elements, such as characterization, or plot, or theme, etc.—or a combination of
literary devices/elements.
For more direction/guidance and good examples of the type of essay you should write, please
consult sample literary analyses/research papers—including those we cover in class.
Formatting Requirements:
Use 12-point Times New Roman font; have 1-inch margins on all four sides; double-space; and
document and format your work using the most recent (9th edition, 2021) MLA guidelines,
including an MLA heading, page numbers on each page; and an original, relevant, interesting,
and properly written title (not the one on the sample below) on the first page. See the samples
below.
Organization:
Write an appropriate, compelling title.
Make sure your essay includes paragraphs with
topic sentences that establish a context. Provide adequate details to develop the main idea. Your
essay must be coherent and logically organized. Consider using a sensible pattern of
organization, and make sure you write coherent sentences and unified paragraphs. Begin your
essay with an interesting, appropriate topic and an attention-grabbing, relevant introduction. As
you end your essay, include a sentence/some sentences that creates/create a sense of
closure/refocus(es) the reader’s attention on the main idea, and provide(s) additional insight for
the main idea.
