1. Analysis Paper This essay will be worth up to 100 points; papers shorter than

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Analysis Paper
This essay will be worth up to 100 points; papers shorter than six full pages will not be accepted. This paper does not require research, and, in fact, I am mainly wanting to see your original thinking here, but if you do draw on secondary sources, be sure to quote directly from the source(s) and use parenthetical citations this is YOU Analyzing the work(s) and using evidence from the story, poem, play to support your thinking
you must include an MLA-8/9 format Works Cited page. This paper requires you to explore a very specific topic (these are not plot summaries); be sure you understand what you are focusing on for the work you choose. For example, if you are as to explore how setting is used in a story, don’t give an author biography or a history of the story; focus the story, and focus on setting.
The straight literary analysis (on just one work) This is definitely the more conventional option. It corresponds to the portion of Lecture 3 that looks at elements of fiction.
TOPICS FOR THE LITERARY ANALYSIS:
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A LOT OF FORESHADOWING IN WILLIAM FAULKNER’S “ROSE FOR EMILY,” HOW DOES HE MANAGE TO KEEP THE READER IN SUSPENSE, MAYBE EVEN SURPRISED AT THE ENDING?
CLUES:
consider whose point of view the story is being told from (it is an unusual point of view); is it a reliable narrator? why or why not?
thinking about that narrator again, how does it affect the plot (order of events) in the story, and is it done logically/reasonably?
IMPORTANT NOTE: Regardless of which topic you choose, be firm with your claims/statements. There should be no “I THINK,” or “I FEEL,” or “I BELIEVE,” or “IN MY OPINION” statements in your writing. State something, and then back it up with examples.
You must have examples/evidence in the form of direct quotations followed by correct parenthetical citations–this is not optional. You must quote/cite from the work you are analyzing. You will have a Works Cited entry for that work. Papers should be on topic, focused, edited, and proofread/ Any paper not in standard MLA-8 format will not be graded;
About 1/3 of the paper needs to be you quoting (evidence) from the literature; all direct quotations need parenthetical citations. You’ll want to use specific examples whenever possible. Feel free to draw on personal experience if it is appropriate, but that is not enough to support your thesis. There should be lots of supporting examples (documented quotations) from the works you are analyzing. Content is most important with the essay, this is not just personal opinion papers.