“ The Lottery “ and “A Rose for emily” topic focusing on at least 2 texts (but no more than 3) by different authors. All of the chosen texts must come from class-assigned literature unless given prior approval by the instructor.

Your research paper should be an argumentative essay that makes a specific claim about some aspect(s) of 2-3 of the literary works assigned in class. The claim should incorporate some specific school of literary theory discussed in class. Support this claim and argument in a coherent, developed, and organized essay of at least 1200-1500 words minimum (not counting the works cited page) and must also successfully use at least 3 critical secondary sources
Make sure your thesis is one that is arguable and requires research to effectively answer or prove. Remember that you have three methods for incorporating outside information into any paper: you can quote (use the source’s exact words), paraphrase (put the source’s words into your own), or summarize (boil down information from a source to a 1-2 sentence summary in your own words). Also remember that each of these methods needs to be cited using correct MLA formatting and documentation.