Write a five page research paper you may choose an author of

Choose from one of the Authors, Poets or Playwrights below and
write a five page research paper You may choose an author of
your liking but you must get approval from your professor Please
note guidelines listed and use the SC and Library as extra
sources to enhance your project.
These are only samples from which you can choose
AUGUST WILSON
LANGSTON HUGHES
MAYA ANGELOU
ROBERT FROST
EUGENE O’NEIL
KATE CHOPIN
LORRAINE HANSBERRY
• TOPIC
Your topic is the life of an author and how it correlates with the type
of literature he or she writes Your paper should focus on the following:
date and place of birth/death, early life/family life, education, career,
books published, (including the ones you have read) reviews of his or or she writes Your paper should focus on the following:
date and place of birth/death, early life/family life, education, career,
books published, (including the ones you have read) reviews of his or
her writing by his or her peers, writing style, the author’s
contributions to the literary world and evidence that his /her life has
affected what he/she writes.
TWO websites and ONE article.
APA format
Reference Page
Use citationmachine.net to help you format your Reference
page.
Your paper should reflect suggestions mentioned under topic,
and how those areas affected the author’s work/works.
WORDING
If your work is not written in your own words you will not
receive a favorable grade.
Information should be paraphrased and any direct quotes must
have the proper punctuation and format.
Only THREE DIRECT QUOTES are allowed.
ROUGH DRAFT CRITERIA: DUE DATE TBA
Five pages
Quotes and paraphrases must be cited
Grammatically
Reference Page
Stream
Course
Calendar
Name of author Alice Walker