The Research Process:
Instructions:
1. Choose a story we have read so far that you have not already written about.
2.Use the library databases to find an article on that story or on the author who wrote it.It can be literary criticism (someone's article about their interpretation of the story) or biographical (details about the author's life and background). Do not use an article about a different author or story, though.
3. Read the article and highlight passages that you think are interesting, or that make good points. It's okay if you do not understand everything in the entire article - literary criticism can be challenging to read! Focus on the points that you do understand. If you feel like the entire article is confusing, choose a different one, though. No one wants you to feel lost and confused.
4. Write a 200-word paragraph about the story or author. Incorporate at least one quote from the story and one quote from the article. Remember that quotes should be integrated into your own sentences. There's an example below, but if you would like more guidance on integrating quotations,click here for a link to the University of NewOrleans'sarticle on quotation integration in research papers.If you're not sure how to format your quote,click this link for the Purdue OWL guide.
Type the paragraph in a Word
document using
academic
style and MLA formatting. Please copy and paste the content AND upload the document in
your post.
5. Include internal citations for your quotations. Stories should be cited with author's last name and page number. Articles should be cited with author's last name and a page number. There's an example below, but if you need more help with internal citations,click this link for PurdueOWL'sguide to that.
6. Include a Works Cited list for your paragraph. It should include the story and the article. Remember that the database can usually provide the citation in MLA format for you. For more help and examples of Works Cited page,click this link for the Purdue OWL guide to Works Cited pages. The WorksCitedpage willnotcount in the overall word count for the paragraph.
HERE IS A SAMPLE PARAGRAPH OF THIS DB ASSIGNMENT USING A POEM RATHER THAN A STORY (YOU WILL USE A STORY FOR THIS DB):
In Adrienne Rich's poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," the speaker describes her aunt Jennifer as "terrified" (9) and "mastered by" (10) conflicts in her life. The speaker's description gives readers as much information about her, the niece, as it does about the aunt. As one scholar argues, the speaker is making "judgments" about Aunt Jennifer (Rizza65). Jennifer is, after all, able to "flutter" (Rich 5) her hands to do needlework, though the speaker views her hands as being under the "massive weight" of a wedding band (Rich 7). MichaelRizzasees this description as "contradictory," and attributes the symbolic weight of the ring to "the niece's judgment more than actual description" (65). It is not clear that Aunt Jennifer feels as weighed down as her niece perceives her to be.
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STORIES OF YOUR CHOICE:
- "Everyday Use"
- "The Things They Carried"
- "A Rose for Emily"
- "A Worn Path"
- "A&P"
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