English 102: First out-of-class Essay Assignment
Your first his essay will count for potentially 20 points. To earn the points, you must follow these instructions.
You must write an essay that argues a viewpoint. Please try to develop your own argument: aim to make it an arguable viewpoint: in other words, a viewpoint that some people would disagree with. You must use only the Joyce stories we’ve covered in class, pulling quotes from them to support paper’s argument. Unlike perhaps some other classes, you will not only write this essay, but also re-write it.
The first draft must be complete and exceed a minimum length of 700 words, double-spaced, 12 Font in Times New Roman or Calibri. This first draft must have a beginning, middle and end; it must open with an introductory paragraph that ends with the essay’s thesis. It then must have four analytical paragraphs, each one with a quote from the story or stories. It must also offer a concluding paragraph and a works cited. Accomplishing these qualities will earn your first draft ten points. You must submit this first draft no later than April 02, at 10:00 pm
Your second draft must demonstrate revision. The second draft must not only be free of errors, but each and every quote must clearly relate back to the essay’s thesis. Other concerns will come later with the class. This second draft will also earn you ten points, totaling 20 points altogether. You must submit it no later than April 14, at 10:00 pm
This is a two-draft essay assignment; you cannot slap it together right before its due date and hope for a passing grade. You must do a first draft, submit it to me, and then after gaining imput from me, you then can provide the second draft. I have extended the due date for the first draft and I have for the second, because all of us (well, some of us) are learning canvas and its communications for the first time, but at this point, I think we can manage to keep up with due dates reasonably.
Please refer to “How To Analyze Literature” among the other handouts already given to you. The source you cite from must be a print edition of Joyce’s stories, and your citations that follow your quotes must contain the page numbers. As already mentioned above, your essay must contain a minimum of four analytic paragraphs (more would be better) with quotes from the stories. If your essay does not exceed the minimum length, then seek out and provide another analytic paragraph; don’t blather on generally or repetitively.
Developing your Analytic Paragraphs
Below you see the five steps you must check with your analytic paragraphs. Aim for a minimum of four (more is better) analytic paragraphs for the entire essay, and each one should reflect the the following organization:
Proper Structure for an analytic Paragraph
STEP ONE: With your first sentence, do NOT mention the characters or the story’s title or the author in your paragraph’s first sentence. The opening sentence should relate to your essay’s thesis or message; like it, you should offer an argument for this paragraph; it should be a specific aspect, an essential part of your paper’s argument, one you haven’t mentioned before. If you need more than one sentence to do this, then use more than one sentence.
STEP TWO: Now with your second or third sentence introduce the quote. That means, you should refer to the written work’s title and author, if you haven’t done so already. If you have already done this in a previous paragraph, then don’t do it again in your analytic paragraph; repetition is never a good thing in any essay you write. If mentioning the work and author are not needed, then you should clarify just who gives this quote (the author? a character?). You might need to also explain in a sentence or two what happens in the story before you offer this quote. Providing a sentence or two of summary to explain the context behind the quote is not a bad thing.
STEP THREE: After completing these two steps, then you are ready to quote. Check carefully to copy the author’s words exactly. Remember to start with a quotation mark that faces the quote and end with a quotation mark that also faces the quote. Write a citation after the quote.
THE ESSAY NEEDS TO BE EXACTLY HOW IT IS WRITTEN HERE
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