Topic Choices for Your Final Exam Essay:
Write a 1000 word essay about She’s Not There, answering one of the following questions:
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Why do you think Jennifer Finney Boylan names this book She’s Not There and how does this title affect your understanding of the events described? In your essay, make sure you quote from multiple places in the book, to show what this title refers to, and also make sure that you state a clear thesis in the introduction and stick to supporting that thesis all through your essay.
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Did Boylan behave ethically (or make the right decision–which is a totally different question, maybe) to keep her transgender experiences secret from her wife, Grace (real name Dierdre).Explain your view in an essay where you state your opinion as a thesis in your intro and quote from multiple places in the book to support your thesis.
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What message/s does Boylan convey in She’s Not There about her experience being transgender, as well as the experiences of other transgender people she describes in the book? Explain your view in an essay where you state your opinion as a thesis in the intro, and quote from multiple places in the book to support your thesis.
Full Length Work Analysis
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Why do you think Jennifer Finney Boylan names this book She’s Not There and how does this title affect your understanding of the events described? In your essay, make sure you quote from multiple places in the book, to show what this title refers to, and also make sure that you state a clear thesis in the introduction and stick to supporting that thesis all through your essay.
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Did Boylan behave ethically (or make the right decision–which is a totally different question, maybe) to keep her transgender experiences secret from her wife, Grace (real name Dierdre).Explain your view in an essay where you state your opinion as a thesis in your intro and quote from multiple places in the book to support your thesis.
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What message/s does Boylan convey in She’s Not There about her experience being transgender, as well as the experiences of other transgender people she describes in the book? Explain your view in an essay where you state your opinion as a thesis in the intro, and quote from multiple places in the book to support your thesis.
Full Length Work Analysis
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🎯Objectives/Goals
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- To demonstrate you have read the entire text of She’s Not There and can synthesize information from multiple places/chapters from this full-length work
- To demonstrate your ability to analyze the various parts of the book to make a reasonable inference (your thesis) in answer to an inferential/interpretive question.
- To show your skill writing an essay which expresses a main idea (thesis), has topic sentences which express sub points, and that supports and develops these points in an organized essay.
- To show your mastery of quoting and formatting in MLA style.
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- To demonstrate you have read the entire text of She’s Not There and can synthesize information from multiple places/chapters from this full-length work
- To demonstrate your ability to analyze the various parts of the book to make a reasonable inference (your thesis) in answer to an inferential/interpretive question.
- To show your skill writing an essay which expresses a main idea (thesis), has topic sentences which express sub points, and that supports and develops these points in an organized essay.
- To show your mastery of quoting and formatting in MLA style.
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Requirements:
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- This is an open book and open notes test, so you can look up how to format or correct errors online, but you cannot gain help from a friend, peer family member or AI on writing the essay itself.
- Use MLA style formatting for your name and the course details, your title, the paragraphing, line spacing, introduction of author/s and titles and quoting in your paper.
- Do quote from the book and include MLA style parenthetical citations with book page numbers or ebook location numbers if no page available in your version.
- You don’t need to include a Works Cited for this final exam.
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- This is an open book and open notes test, so you can look up how to format or correct errors online, but you cannot gain help from a friend, peer family member or AI on writing the essay itself.
- Use MLA style formatting for your name and the course details, your title, the paragraphing, line spacing, introduction of author/s and titles and quoting in your paper.
- Do quote from the book and include MLA style parenthetical citations with book page numbers or ebook location numbers if no page available in your version.
- You don’t need to include a Works Cited for this final exam.
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