Do the three 1.Module Reflective Writing Assignment Your writings should be: About 400-600 words longRelated to the readings, assignments, and/or discussions from this weekEvidence of critical thinkin

Do the three

1.Module Reflective Writing Assignment

Your writings should be:

• About 400-600 words long
• Related to the readings, assignments, and/or discussions from this week
• Evidence of critical thinking

2.Body paragraphs (sometimes called "discussion sections") are the parts of your essay that aren't the intro or conclusion. Each of these paragraphs will have: a leading topic sentence that states the paragraph's focus, evidence (quotes, examples, or research), and analysis (your explanation of how the evidence supports the paragraph's main idea. 

Prepare

• Choose a story or poem from this Module to focus on.
• Decide what aspect or element of the story to focus your paragraph on. (For instance: how the setting emphasizes the story's meaning, or how a character changes in the story)
• Re-read or scan through the story or poem to find quotes to use in your paragraph
• Be sure you've read Chapter 30, pages 1914-1918
• Use these reference guides to help you understand paragraph composition:
  • Writing Toolkit: Paragraphs / Discussion Sections
  • Writing Toolkit: Formatting Your Paper For Submission
  • Writing Toolkit: Direct Quoting, Partially Quoting, Paraphrasing
  • Writing Toolkit: What is literary analysis?

Write

A paragraph that includes:

• Topic sentence
• Explanation
• Example from selected story or poem (Summary and Paraphrase)
• Quote from selected story or poem
• Analysis of evidence
• Summary sentences bringing it all together

Check

Your writings should be:

• About 300 words long
• Related to the readings, assignments, and/or discussions from the selected Module
• Evidence of critical thinking

3.Prepare

First, choose which two works you'll be focusing on for this essay. 

• You can choose two short stories, two poems, or one of each
• It is recommended (though not required) that the two works you choose come from the same Module
• The two works should have a topic or theme in common
• The two works must be texts that we have read in this class

Then, re-read the works.

• What do they have in common? What topics, themes, and literary devices are shared?
• How do they differ? Are they expressing the same theme in different ways? Discussing the same topic but expressing different themes?
• What literary elements does each use to illustrate or emphasize its theme?
• Make note of quotes from the texts that you might want to use in your essay.

Review these resources:

• The Spiderman Paper.docx  Download The Spiderman Paper.docx: This annotated sample essay points out all the required formatting and organizational components in an essay
• Video guide to literary analysis (Links to an external site.)
• Writing Toolkit: Compare / Contrast

Write

For this essay, you'll be comparing how two different works explore the same or similar themes in their own ways.

You can choose A or B:

1. Write about two works that share theme - which means they both make the same overall point
2. Write about two works that share a topic, but have different themes - which means that they each make a different point about the same general topic

For example, if there are two stories about growing up that seem to make the same point, that would be option (a); if there were two stories that each made a different point about growing up, that would be option (b). 

Your essay should:

• Be t least 1,000 words long (3+ pages)
• Be organized - it should have an introduction (including your essay's thesis), at least two discussion sections, and a conclusion
• Focus on supporting its thesis statement
• Include quotes in each body paragraph
• Use MLA format, including internal citations