Rubric for 1102 Research Paper Purpose: Learning how to write an objective, soli

Rubric for 1102 Research Paper
Purpose: Learning how to write an objective, solidly researched paper on a literary topic is one of the goals of English 1102. Once you have mastered these skills on a literary topic in this class, you can apply these same research skills to other subject areas in other classes and to reports and presentations you will most likely be asked to provide in your chosen career.
For this class you will write a 2,000-word comparative analysis of any two of the stories we have read in the previous weeks of class (or possibly another story in the book or that I suggest to you). What this means is that you will choose two stories that contain areas of similarity that you can compare and contrast to support your thesis. Your thesis would be what you are trying to prove by comparing these two stories. Your thesis is the argument you are making to convince your reader that your interpretation (or analysis) is absolutely spot-on, valid, and correct.
Please post your proposed topic for this research paper in Georgia View under Assignments by 11:59 p.m., Friday, June 24.
The two stories that you are comparing are your primary sources. Now you will need to find at least four scholarly, peer-reviewed, secondary sources to help you support your thesis argument.
For these, go to the “GSW Mixed Media Guides” posted under Announcements on the Course Home page in Georgia View. Click the link. This will take you to the Mixed Media Project page, which you can mostly ignore; click on the “LibGuides” icon at the top left of the page just under the title bar, which will take you to a page listing 17 subject guides. Click on—you guessed it—the “Literature, Language, and Literary Criticism” subject line, then click the subject homepage link. Just to the right of the Home icon, you’ll find a “Finding Articles” icon. Click it. This will take you to the Literature and Literary Criticism Home page, and this is where you’ll find the information and articles you need. When you search for relevant articles, be sure to click the “Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed” box on the left of your screen. Also click the “MLA Citation” box, too, and it should provide you with the proper documentation. For further information, consult your textbook or the reference librarian or me.
Remember: Use Times New Roman 12-point type, double-spaced, with page numbers in the upper right corner. You will be doing in-text citations as explained in our textbook, with full documentation provided on a Works Cited page at the end of your paper. (The Works Cited page does not count toward your 2,000 words).
(In our Week Three Zoom class, we went over some of the themes in the eight stories you have read and created a Comparative Analysis spreadsheet, which you can use as a way to get you thinking about some of the thematic similarities and differences among these stories. This list is in no way comprehensive. It’s just a starting point. Use it to draw links and connections between the stories if it helps).
Email me if you have any questions.