{"id":111667,"date":"2023-01-04T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/writing-paper-english-homework-help\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:37:03","slug":"writing-paper-english-homework-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/writing-paper-english-homework-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing paper | English homework help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>Paper<span>\u00a0 <\/span>instructions for both papers, English 105, Dr. Olson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paper assignments intend to give you practice in four things.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Organizing your ideas and constructing a cogent expression of them that represents the quality, complexity, and credibility of your critical thinking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Reasonably interpreting a theme of a literary work (or works)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Closely reading, engaging with, and reflecting on a story, poem, of other literary work (or works)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00b7<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Writing correct and controlled prose <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Here are the basic rules:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>You may write about any story, poem, stories, or poems that we have read for the class.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span>There are &#8220;Suggestions for Writing&#8221; spread throughout our textbook.\u00a0 Skim over the Detailed Table of Contents starting on page xiii, and you will see several of them.\u00a0 Check some out, particularly after sections that we&#8217;ve read things from.\u00a0 You should be able to find a good topic among these \u201cSuggestions for Writing.\u201d<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Not all of the topics will lead to good papers, so ask me about the topic if you are uncertain.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>You may fine-tune a topic if that will make it work better.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>For example, some topics pose a few questions, but answering them all might make for a disjointed or too general paper.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>In that case you will want to write about only the one or two questions that you can make a logically coherent paper from.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Or, the question might ask you to write about three works, but you think you can do better writing about only two.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Then write about only those two.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Or, you might change one, two, or all of the works that the textbook applies the question to.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If in doubt, check with me. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>You <strong>MUST<\/strong> identify the \u201cSuggestion for Writing\u201d that you are using by giving the page number, the item number, and the typed suggestion itself.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Put this information after your paper\u2019s title.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>See the end of these instructions for the example.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Each paper<\/span><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>will be typed in 12 point font (no fancy or elaborate fonts or colors),<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>will be double-spaced,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>will have one-inch margins,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>will be at least 900 words long (3 pages) or more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><span>Your paper must have a <strong>title<\/strong>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Make the title helpful in indicating the topic of the paper\u2014not just \u201cBarn Burning.\u201d<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span>What about<\/span> \u201cBarn Burning\u201d?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The <strong>first sentence will contain<\/strong> the author\u2019s complete name and the work\u2019s complete title and will identify the theme that you will respond to.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The rest of the <strong>introductory paragraph<\/strong> will indicate how the work (or works) embody that theme, what it (they) says about it essentially. The <strong>thesis<\/strong>\/central idea of the paper will focus on the specific theme you are addressing in the work(s).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The body of the paper will, obviously, break down the thesis into logical parts\/sub-section, will explain (develop) those sub-sections, and will explain how each sub-section relates to the thesis. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>I am not requiring that you do secondary research, but you certainly may.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>If you do secondary research, use <strong>credible sources<\/strong>\u2014the kind of sources that you used (hopefully) in ENG 101.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Secondary sources <strong>must be documented correctl<\/strong>y according to MLA style with sources\u2014that means in-text citations and entries in the Works Cited list are necessary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Even if you do not use secondary sources, you must have a <strong>Work Cited<\/strong> list at the end, though it may only have one entry in it (the literary work you are writing about).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span>The paper will be formatted according to MLA style<\/span><\/strong><span>.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Formatting refers to margins, spacing, font, title, heading material, page numbering, quotation conventions, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span>One main difficulty<\/span><\/strong><span> of this assignment is that it is very short.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>You must have tight control of your language at the word and sentence levels.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Make every word and sentence count.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Each sentence must say something worthwhile and must clearly flow from the sentence before it to the sentence after it (so that the overall paper is coherent).<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Your <strong>prose will be carefully crafted<\/strong>\u2014that means grammatically and mechanically correct.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>And it will be <strong>coherent<\/strong>\u2014that means there will be a logical flow of ideas clearly recognizable to someone else in this class (but someone who has not necessarily pored over the work as you have).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Turn in the paper through Blackboard before 11:59 p.m. on the day it is due. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Imagine this line is the top of page 1 of your paper.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Using one inch margins all around, here is what the heading material, title, and reference to your Suggestion for Writing would look like.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u2191<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>1\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2193<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Your Name<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>English 105.section #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Steve Olson<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Due Date<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Title<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pg. #, item #.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Type the Suggestion for Writing that you are using here.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>It might take a few lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Start the first sentence of your paper here. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper\u00a0 instructions for both papers, English 105, Dr. Olson \u00a0 Paper assignments intend to give you practice in four things.\u00a0 \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organizing your ideas and constructing a cogent expression of them that represents the quality, complexity, and credibility of your critical thinking. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reasonably interpreting a theme of a literary work (or works) \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Closely 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