Essay 2: Short Paper (due Wednesday of Week 6).
You should be well on your way in writing your research paper by now. This assignment is for you to begin a preliminary draft of that final paper. This paper should be 3-5 pages (Times New Roman, 12 pt. font) and use two outside sources (sources other than your chosen novel). At least one of your sources must be from one of the databases found on the Stafford Library website. Also, please note that 3 pages doesn’t mean 2 full pages plus a little more on a 3rd page. I expect to see at least 3 complete pages.
After the introduction to your research topic and your thesis sentence, develop your first point. What do you want the reader to see about the book after he/she reads your essay? You will develop this much more in your final paper, but this should be a focused essay on at least one point you plan on making in your final paper. (If you change your mind and go in another direction, you will not be held to using this thesis, but for planning purposes, come as close as you can to what you think you are going to do in your final paper.)
This will require you to focus and narrow your thesis very strictly to something you can do in this limited amount of space. The thesis you use for this paper should not be the same as your final essay, which means it is not the same as the one you submitted for the thesis assignment. You will use the analytical skills you have been developing in the course so far. Find at least two sources that will help you develop that point.
Do not use first or second person in this assignment. All dropbox assignments are formal and should only use third person.
Post your draft to the Writer’s Workshop by Sunday and provide feedback on other students’ papers. You will not have access to the dropbox for this assignment until you have met these requirements for the Writer’s Workshop. Post your revised paper to the dropbox by Wednesday of Week 6 at midnight.
Note: Again, your thesis for this paper should not be the same as the thesis you used for your thesis assignment, which is the thesis you should have drafted for your final paper. Additionally, your introduction to this paper should not be the same as the introduction in Discussion 10, which is the draft introduction for the final paper.