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Short Paper #2
Objectives: To practice close-reading and using it to support an analytical argument by focusing on one text and to practice properly integrating a source into a focused, detailed argument.
Respond to the following prompt in one unified, cohesive essay. This paper must be 450 words minimum.
Before you begin writing, choose one question from the Literary Theory Questions Handout (in the week three foldeR) that you want to apply to one play that we have read up to the draft due date. Now:
In paragraph one, discuss a moment from your chosen play that helps to answer that question. Include and analyze at least one quote from the play.
In paragraph two, analyze a moment from the same play that is either similar or contrasting with the moment in paragraph one. Include and analyze at least one quote from the play.
In paragraph three, draw a conclusion based on specifics from paragraph one and two that answers the question that you chose. Again, make explicit use of paragraph one and two in doing so.
*Note: You don’t have to add an introduction or anything–just follow the structure of the assignment. You should have ONLY three paragraphs.
Your paper must include one properly cited outside source. This source should be a book or an article from BCC OneSearch. It can be a literary analysis, or a historical source (something on relevant historical/social context or a relevant social issue), or a source on the author and/or his/her work. It should NOT be another piece of literature.
Remember to:
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Name the text and author that you’re writing about in the opening of the essay.
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Properly cite all quotes, summaries, or paraphrases in the essay itself. This includes the primary text (the play) that you’re writing on.
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Include a Works Cited at the end of the essay. Again, this includes an entry for the primary text that you’re writing on as well as for the outside source.
