inTAnalytical Essay: Global Women Writers
Rough Draft Due: Wednesday 10/19 for peer review.
Experiments in Creativity
Rough Draft: 10/23
Final Draft Due: 10/25
Length: 750 words.
Your first essay will assert an argument about the role of experiment in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, Nnedi Okorafor's Binti, or in both novels. As you begin brainstorming, some questions you might consider include (you do not need to answer all of them): What experiments are in the novel and why do they matter? How is each novel itself an experiment? What is one aspect of how art works in the novel? What is the role of creativity in a scene or a character's life? How does the role of art differ from the role of science? How do they overlap? To begin, you might focus on a single word.
750 words is not long (approximately three pages), so you will need to select a narrow focus that you can examine in depth. You must analyze quotations from the fiction or poetry you are discussing and address at least one essay we have read, such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "We Should All Be Feminists" or Mark Hussey's Introduction to To the Lighthouse. You are also welcome to address additional materials that you have located, just make sure to cite them.
You can build from your blog postings, addressing places or ideas in greater depth, but make sure that your essay reads fluidly.
Use the templates for introducing your argument and quotations in They Say/I Say and review the techniques for analyzing and citing texts in Understanding Rhetoric. You must demonstrate appropriate use of quotations and cite all sources that you consult, including webpages. Use parenthetical citations to acknowledge when you are quoting or citing others’ ideas. It is plagiarism to use others’ words or ideas without citing them. This is an academic essay, so it should demonstrate appropriate conventions, including tone, language, and word choice. You should avoid using the first person, I.
Remember, you do not need to summarize the texts we have read. Assume your readers have read them and only tell them what they need to know to understand your points.
Your essay must be typed, double spaced, in twelve-point, and Times New Roman font.
Submit your rough draft and final drafts in a Word document on Blackboard at least thirty minutes before class on the dates indicated above.
Developing Your Argument
Essay Structure
Rough Draft Due: Wednesday 10/19 for peer review.
Experiments in Creativity
Rough Draft: 10/23
Final Draft Due: 10/25
Length: 750 words.
Your first essay will assert an argument about the role of experiment in Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, Nnedi Okorafor's Binti, or in both novels. As you begin brainstorming, some questions you might consider include (you do not need to answer all of them): What experiments are in the novel and why do they matter? How is each novel itself an experiment? What is one aspect of how art works in the novel? What is the role of creativity in a scene or a character's life? How does the role of art differ from the role of science? How do they overlap? To begin, you might focus on a single word.
750 words is not long (approximately three pages), so you will need to select a narrow focus that you can examine in depth. You must analyze quotations from the fiction or poetry you are discussing and address at least one essay we have read, such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's "We Should All Be Feminists" or Mark Hussey's Introduction to To the Lighthouse. You are also welcome to address additional materials that you have located, just make sure to cite them.
You can build from your blog postings, addressing places or ideas in greater depth, but make sure that your essay reads fluidly.
Use the templates for introducing your argument and quotations in They Say/I Say and review the techniques for analyzing and citing texts in Understanding Rhetoric. You must demonstrate appropriate use of quotations and cite all sources that you consult, including webpages. Use parenthetical citations to acknowledge when you are quoting or citing others’ ideas. It is plagiarism to use others’ words or ideas without citing them. This is an academic essay, so it should demonstrate appropriate conventions, including tone, language, and word choice. You should avoid using the first person, I.
Remember, you do not need to summarize the texts we have read. Assume your readers have read them and only tell them what they need to know to understand your points.
Your essay must be typed, double spaced, in twelve-point, and Times New Roman font.
Submit your rough draft and final drafts in a Word document on Blackboard at least thirty minutes before class on the dates indicated above.
Developing Your Argument
- Select quotations and an image to analyze. You only need to quote when the language of the quotation matters to your argument. Otherwise, you can put a quotation in your own words.
- As you return to the text, begin to formulate an argument by asking what links the evidence that you have selected. Ask yourself how they differ from each other and from other moments. These questions will allow you to answer why each instance is significant to the novel as a whole.
- Also consider the form and style of the examples you select. Analyze the word choice and tone. Where in the novel do the instances that you note take place? Why is this significant?
- Be creative and take intellectual risks. Show readers of your essay what you want them to see. Remember that each reader interprets a text differently.
Essay Structure
- As you are planning your essay, consider analyzing two to three quotations or examples per paragraph. If quotations are more than four lines in length they need to be indented as a block quotation. Be selective and only quote the words, phrases, or lines that are necessary to your argument. In addition, fully analyze the quotations you have selected. Sometimes you might deal with only one quotation or example in a paragraph if it demands that much explication.
- Your introductory paragraph should introduce your claim and why it is significant. Remember that your introduction can change up until the last minute and often it is a good technique to make your conclusion your introduction.
- Each topic sentence should assert the argument in the body paragraph it begins. Your analysis in each paragraph should support the topic sentence. The topic sentence of each paragraph should support your claim in the introduction.
- The conclusion of your essay does not need to repeat what you have already said. In light of what you have argued, make a connection to a larger context and suggest ideas for further research.