fFourth Essay Assignment
Value: 25%
Length: 750 word minimum; 1,000 word maximum
In MLA format, write an essay about any one of the following texts we’ve discussed in class:
Short Stories: “The Garden Party” – Katherine Mansfield When writing this assignment, remember that essays are essentially arguments. Literary essays should make argumenta about specific topics in the text. Plot summary should be kept to a minimum because your reader is already familiar with the text; therefore, explaining the plot wastes the reader’s time.
The introduction and thesis are the most important parts of the essay, so after a few drafts, you may want to revisit and revise your introduction and thesis so they both better reflect the content of your essay.
Always ensure to properly reference your quotations using parenthetical references and your sources using a “Works Cited” page at the end of your essay. This essay must be written with word processing software and should not be hand-written.
For this assignment you should quote from the text at least once and conform to MLA standards: the quotation should be properly introduced, grammatically correct, and include a reference with proper documentation in a “Works Cited” page at the end of the essay. If you choose to use secondary material, it must be quoted properly with proper documentation. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism, a very serious offence. Copying sources from the internet and not citing them is plagiarism (including AI such as Chat GPT); paraphrasing without acknowledging the source is plagiarism; submitting work that you yourself did not do is also plagiarism.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial Intelligence includes any program or application that simulates human intelligence in machines. The most famous example is Chat GPT. Students should only use AI generated material for research purposes and should avoid integrating AI generated material into their essays. The maximum allowable amount of AI generated content for essays in this course is 25%. Any percentage higher than that will result in penalties.