Miami Dade College<\/p>\n
ENC 1102\/ Professor M. Plata<\/p>\n
Directions for Final Research Paper<\/p>\n
Due Thursday, November 17, 2022<\/p>\n
Directions: For your final research paper, you will submit an essay with a minimum of 3 typed pages but no more than 5 typed pages in MLA format based on a topic you choose. Additionally, you must have a minimum of two scholarly sources to support your thesis\/point of your essay. The topic you choose must be literature based, or you may choose an issue that is currently impacting today\u2019s society and\/or world. For example, you may complete a research\/response essay on a documentary or mini-series that you have watched that has a significant impact on important issues such as race, politics, family views, and events\/ideas that are currently happening in the world. If you choose to write a literature-based research essay, a few broad themes you could choose from are:<\/p>\n
Alienation\/relationships (often involving race or gender)<\/p>\n
Political or social commentary (often involving race or gender)<\/p>\n
Appearance versus reality (judgement, expectations, truth)<\/p>\n
Independence\/Freedom\/Power<\/p>\n
Personal growth or transformation\/spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
If you chose the topic to address the idea of Scarlett O\u2019Hara in Gone With the Wind as a feminist character, then your thesis statement could look like this: In Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell\u2019s protagonist, Scarlett O\u2019Hara, develops strength but never reaches what modern feminists would consider independence.<\/p>\n
If you chose the topic to investigate how Joseph Conrad\u2019s Heart of Darkness expresses universal truths about human societies that could also apply to modern-day political conflicts, then your thesis could be: By showing that different societies define brutality differently, Joseph Conrad\u2019s Heart of Darkness is still relevant even to 21st century political conflicts.<\/p>\n
If you chose the topic to examine the use of windows as symbols of social exclusion in Wuthering Heights, then your thesis statement could be: In Wuthering Heights, novelist Emily Bronte employs the contrasting symbols of the refined and confining indoors with the freeing, wild outdoors to express her romantic philosophy. <\/p>\n
Your final research paper is worth a total of 300 points and is due by Thursday, November 17th. Please print out your typed essay and submit it at the beginning of class. <\/p>\n
Steps to a Literary Research Paper<\/p>\n
Select a topic<\/p>\n
Use prewriting strategies<\/p>\n
Check to see if sources are available<\/p>\n
Develop a preliminary thesis\/hypothesis\/outline<\/p>\n
Search for Sources<\/p>\n
Read over sources<\/p>\n
Narrow or broaden topic<\/p>\n
Take Notes <\/p>\n
Evaluate your sources<\/p>\n
Paraphrase, summarize, quote sources clearly (avoid plagiarism)<\/p>\n
Write personal notes on what you will pull from primary sources<\/p>\n
Organize your Information<\/p>\n
Refine your thesis<\/p>\n
Choose organizational structure<\/p>\n
Outline<\/p>\n
Integrate Your Information into a Draft<\/p>\n
Add research<\/p>\n
Blend in research sources smoothly<\/p>\n
Compose in-text citations and Works Cited page<\/p>\n
Revise<\/p>\n
Check content<\/p>\n
Check structure<\/p>\n
Prepare the Final Draft<\/p>\n
Type your essay<\/p>\n
Must be in MLA format<\/p>\n
Proofread <\/p>\n
Good Luck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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