I need you to do the final essay. Plz do it well! Write a 1500-word essay in which you develop a thesis on the subject or theme of your choice and support your thesis by bringing together the most salient features from your readings and responding to them. In short, explore an interesting original idea so that your audience can understand something new or different about your topic. With this paper, you will select at least one short story and at least one poem (called primary sources) from the Backpack Literature textbook and locate at least four essays or articles (called secondary sources) from the TROY Library databases. A list of stories and poems by subject and theme is posted in the Week 8 folder to help you find texts in Backpack Literature that might interest you. Now you must explore the connection or pattern of ideas that you believe brings the texts together and says something interesting about your topic.Look deeper into this connection by reflecting upon specific passages in your story, your poem, and the four articles (secondary sources).
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So far, your coursework has explored the important idea that to argue persuasively and
make strong claims you need to be in dialogue with others. Your writing assignments
have demonstrated this point as you’ve proven yourselves able to analyze and evaluate
how professional scholars launch an effective argument by writing the arguments of
others into their own texts. For this essay, I’d like you to broaden your understanding
of research and academic dialogue by choosing your own set of texts to which you
will respond and use to support an original idea (a thesis).
ASSIGNMENT: Write a 1500-word essay in which you develop a thesis on the
subject or theme of your choice and support your thesis by bringing together the most
salient features from your readings and responding to them. In short, explore an
interesting original idea so that your audience can understand something new or
different about your topic. With this paper, you will select at least one short story and
at least one poem (called primary sources) from the Backpack Literature textbook and
locate at least four essays or articles (called secondary sources) from the TROY
Library databases. A list of stories and poems by subject and theme is posted in the
Week 8 Learning Modules folder to help you find texts in Backpack Literature that
might interest you. Now you must explore the connection or pattern of ideas that you
believe brings the texts together and says something interesting about your
topic. Look deeper into this connection by reflecting upon specific passages in your
story, your poem, and the four articles (secondary sources).
Essay Outline:
The introduction should establish the importance of the literary theme or topic you’ve
chosen in the opening paragraph. You should consider using an anecdote or some
research to demonstrate why the chosen subject is significant to the primary texts (the
short story and poem) you’ve chosen to analyze. The introduction insists on the need
to redefine the issue/topic.
The thesis asserts a clear and coherent interpretation of the selected theme or topic,
explaining the theme/topic’s function within either the primary texts or the work’s
genre. Ensure that your thesis is stated explicitly and that it is arguable — above all,
make it interesting: how can we think differently about the theme/topic due to your
reading of the texts you’ve selected?
The body paragraphs should use effective transition devices and topic sentences to
remind readers of your thesis throughout the essay. Each paragraph should
demonstrate effective use of your sources (both the primary sources and the
researched secondary sources), including effective signal phrases for every quotation
from a source and a clear and convincing modeling of the “They Say/I Say” approach
to presenting and responding to sources.
The conclusion should leave your readers thinking further about what you’ve
presented. Don’t summarize or repeat you main points; instead, restate your thesis in a
different way by showing the potential implications of your analysis.
Source Citation: MLA format, including in-text parenthetical citations and a correct
Works Cited. This final essay must demonstrate your understanding and proficiency
with the use of parenthesis to designate the page of a cited quote from either the
primary or secondary source, recognizing that MLA does not make use of “p.” or
“pg.” You must show a knowledge of when to include the author’s last name within
the parenthesis (Bishop 106) and when not to (106). The Works Cited page
demonstrates proper formatting procedures outlined in your Writers Reference
textbook as well as at the OWL online reference
at https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/. The Works Cited procedures include:
listing authors in alphabetical order by last name; authors’ last names listed first,
followed by first name; proper citation of the title using italics for full-length books
and quotation marks for an article, short story, and poem; use of place, publisher, and
date of publication for books and journal title, volume and issue, date of publication,
and page numbers for articles; use of punctuation including periods, commas, and
semi-colons; and proper acknowledgment of medium of publication, including use of
“Print” for physical books and articles consulted and URL and date of access
documentation for sources read online (Web. Date).

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