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Overview: Based on one of the authors we have read this semester, you will write a research paper, using at least two of the sources you researched for your Annotated Bibliography.
Tell me about the life of the individual author (Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, or Anton Chekhov). Include family history, marriage, children, education, critical reception of their literary works, achievements. For example, some biographers believe Hemingway wanted his wife to have an abortion. Could this have been why he wrote “Hills Like White Elephants”? Poe saw his mother and wife die of tuberculosis, a death that causes blood to be coughed up by the patient. Is there a connection between these deaths and “Masque of the Red Death”? Don’t become stressed over this assignment. The main goal is to research the life. As you find out something about the author, you may start to think about how life and art can become intertwined. Make sure to cite your research information according to proper MLA format.
Have fun with this assignment. There is not a right or wrong thesis. Your argument is that the author’s life did or did not affect the type of fiction written by that author. The thesis can be as simple as saying something like the following: “Edgar Allan Poe saw most of the people he loved die an early and painful death. No wonder he writes such macabre stories.” Be sure you effectively anchor your direct quotes by introducing them before quoting and then discussing them after quoting (the quotation sandwich). If you paraphrase your sources, you must still cite. Use parenthetical citations after inserting a direct quote or paraphrase. Remember, this is a research paper. When you use information you have found, be sure to cite it appropriately. If you do not cite your sources, you will have committed plagiarism.
Requirements: Your research paper should be 2-3 pages long. Include a Works Cited page. Do not attach the Annotated Bibliography. Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced. Word documents only. Heading in upper left hand corner.
For the Works Cited page, be sure to only include the sources which you actually use for your research paper.
Pay special attention to the Learning Materials this week and from Week 6.
Pages 34-35 of Portable Literature lists Conventions of Writing about Literature. Follow them: refer to authors by their full names ( for example, Edgar Allan Poe, not Edgar) in your first reference to them and by their last names (Poe) subsequently. Never refer to authors by their first names, and never use titles that indicate marital status ( Conventions When Writing about Literature ). I deduct points if you do not observe the conventions, so review all of them.
Use internal citations as much as necessary. Research papers will naturally contain information that you do not already know. That is why it is called “research.” If you paraphrase, quote, or summarize, you must have an internal citation for each piece of information you are presenting. A research paper without sufficient internal citations is a failure. The whole point of doing this assignment is to document the sources you have discovered and present them in the final paper.
Please ask me if you are not sure. It is never wrong to have internal citations. Do not worry about having too many. The time to worry is if you do not have enough.
Research Paper Rubric SP23
Research Paper Rubric SP23
Criteria Ratings Pts
Thesis Statement
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20 to >10 pts
Full Marks
10 to >5 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
5 to >0 pts
No Marks
/ 20 pts
Supporting Research
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20 to >10 pts
Full Marks
10 to >5 pts
Has only one source
5 to >0 pts
No Marks
no internal citations, so sources of information cannot be determined
/ 20 pts
Organization and Style
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20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets expectations or fails completely
/ 20 pts
Mechanics and Usage
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20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets or Fails to Meet Expectations
/ 20 pts
Correct MLA format
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20 to >15 pts
Full Marks
completely meets requirements
15 to >9 pts
Mostly meets all expectations
9 to >0 pts
Partly meets requirements or fails completely
/ 20 pts