MLA is the required document style for all essays submitted in this course. The assigned chapters in the Handbook cover this. Topics should be literary and may be selected by the instructor or selected by the students with the help of the instructor.
The completed essay (final draft) will contain seven to ten (7-10) pages (excluding the title page, the outline with thesis statement, and works cited pages).
The paper will contain a minimum of 7-8 sources, including a variety of sources and limiting Internet sources to two with the exception of databases.
25-50 note cards (including summary, paraphrase, and quotation cards) will be submitted for this paper. (Optional)
A minimum of 10-12 working bibliography cards and/or an annotated bibliography will be submitted for this paper.
An annotated bibliography with 10-12 resources or eight bibliography cards should be turned in before the research paper is written. This gives you the opportunity to check sources to ensure they are valid, academic resources and that the students are getting the necessary publication information from their sources. The CTC library staff may help you with this. The paper itself should include a works cited page in MLA format, not a bibliography.
All papers should be submitted using SafeAssign. Direct quotations will be limited to 25% of the paper, and you may certainly limit direct quotations even more. It is understood that the paper will contain a substantial amount of paraphrased material with parenthetical documentation.
Direct quotations will comprise no more than 25% of the paper; paraphrases and summaries may constitute substantially more of the paper.
An early draft of the research paper must be submitted before the final draft.You may choose to address standard fiction elements such as theme, characterization, symbolism, allegory, irony, realism, or settings. History papers and biographical papers are not acceptable for this assignment. You are to write a paper (seven to ten pages) on a literary topic related to your novel Fahrenheit 451 in some way. I did not pick a literary topic so the writer has free reign.
