1. How does Wordsworth’s “Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” illustrate the ideas and themes of the Romantic movement?

1. How does Wordsworth’s “Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” illustrate the ideas and themes of the Romantic movement?

REQUIREMENTS
Thesis
Statement.
The thesis statement should provide an insightful and interpretive
point. It is a statement of discerning argument about some
aspect of the work. The thesis should include literary terms.

Evidence. The evidence for your thesis
statement will come in the form of well-selected quotations from the primary source (the work you are
analyzing). These passages should be between 1 and 3 lines long.

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Your
Analysis. While writing about literature requires selection of specific
passages from the primary text that are offered as evidence for your
observations and conclusions, you must provide discussion — analysis and
interpretation — of these passages. Rather than simply dropping in quotations
and expecting their significance and relevance to your argument to be
self-evident, you need to provide sufficient explanation of these passages. The
goal of analytical writing is to demonstrate some new understanding of the
text, so probe deep.

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Research.
To supplement your analysis, find five scholarly secondary sources of literary
criticism. Note that these sources do not take the place of your analysis
but rather supplement it.

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Integration of research material. Use
paraphrases in addition to quotations from secondary sources. If you use
quotations, they should not be longer than two lines. Paraphrases should be in
your own words, but still documented. Use signal words and phrases to
incorporate research material.
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Documentation. Document
all borrowed information in the body of the essay and at the end of the essay in a list of works cited. Follow MLA
format.
Style. A literary essay is a formal
type of analysis. Thus, use appropriate diction and
stylistic conventions. Avoid conversational or colloquial expressions,
personal opinions and feelings, or addressing the reader directly using
second person pronouns.

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