Write a critical analysis, writing homework help
Assignment Instructions
Write a 500-750 word essay on one of the following topics. The word count does not include formatting or the works cited page.
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Write a critical analysis of one of the works from weeks 1 or 2. An overview of approaches can be found here,
but many are quite straightforward. Psychological, gender,
sociological, biographical, and historical are all approaches that many
use naturally in viewing a work. However, if your interest lies
elsewhere, feel free to choose another approach.
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Compare and contrast two of the stories from weeks 1 and 2. Be sure
that you have isolated a strong and debatable thesis on which to build
the essay. Simply pointing out the differences is not analysis. Toward
that end, you may want to focus on a specific element of the stories.
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If there’s an aspect of the stories from these two weeks that
particularly interests you, you may choose your own topic, but you must
run it by me first to be sure it is headed in an analytical direction.
Your essay should be formatted in MLA style,
including double spacing throughout. All sources should be properly
cited both in the text and on a works cited page. As with most academic
writing, this essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both
first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).
In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name, the
professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment
on consecutive lines. Double space your information from your name
onward, and don’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New
Roman font with 12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around
your paper. All paragraph indentations should be indented five spaces
(use the tab key) from the left margin. All work is to be left
justified. When quoting lines in literature, please research the proper
way to cite short stories, plays, or poems.
You should use the online APUS library to look for scholarly sources. Be
careful that you don’t create a “cut and paste” paper of information
from your various sources. Your ideas are to be new and freshly
constructed. Also, take great care not to plagiarize.
Whatever topic you choose you will need a debatable thesis. A thesis
is not a fact, a quote, or a question. It is your position on the
topic. The reader already knows the story; you are to offer him a new
perspective based on your observations.
Since the reader is familiar with the
story, summary is unnecessary. Rather than tell him what happened, tell
him what specific portions of the story support your thesis.

