- This should be in MLA format.
- Essay should be balanced between information identifying themes and symbols in the novel and information proving the relevance or irrelevance of those themes and symbols in the twenty-first century and it must begin with an introduction that introduces the subject, a theme (or themes) of the novel, and the novel’s current relevance.
- It should identify the symbols and themes in the story and discuss how they support and establish the central or underlying meaning of the novel.
- It should work to explain how the symbols help to communicate the story’s deeper meaning by citing specific moments in the text in which the relationship between theme(s) and symbol(s) in fiction are made clear.
- It must begin with an introduction that introduces the relationship between themes and symbols in the novel to the central or underlying (main point) of the novel.
- The last sentence or last two sentences of the introduction must be the thesis or claim of the essay, which should clearly express a writer’s personal perspective, interpretation, judgment, or critical evaluation of the work.
- Use only the book as a source. If a secondary source is used, 3 is the limit, and it must be a peer-reviewed journal article. Please provide a link to any outside sources.
- Commentary should be two to three sentences regarding your interpretation of the selected text and its relevance to the topic sentence and thesis statement.
- Provide clear attributions and complete and accurate citations
for all source material (including the novel). The majority of the sources used should be incorporated into your writing in the form of summary and paraphrasing. No more than 10 percent of your essay can include quotations.
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The end of an essay should convey a sense of completeness and closure as well as a sense of the lingering possibilities of the topic, its larger meaning, and its implications for our society.
This is a formal academic essay so please include the following
*Length: 5-7 (double-spaced) pages, plus a Works Cited page.
*Use the primary source (the novel) throughout your essay; if you use secondary critical sources, limit them to THREE, and be sure they are peer-reviewed journal articles.
*Because you are using research in this paper, your essay will need to include in-text citations, as well as a properly formatted Works Cited page
*Remember, this page does not count towards your page length).
*Use MLA format; margins, heading, pagination (etc.) should be in MLA format.
This is a formal academic essay so please avoid the following errors
*Contractions (can’t, won’t, shouldn’t, etc.)
*First-person point of view (I, us, we, our, my, etc.)
*Second-person point of view (you, yours, yourself, etc.)
*Clichéd expressions (In conclusion, etc.)
*Generalizations