Are the quotes and examples from your novel thoroughly explained and analyzed?

Directions: Analyze selected
scenes/character(s) from Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys and write a third
person, argumentative, literary analysis essay that analyzes a theme and one or
two literary elements that Whitehead employs to deliver his message. As this is
an argumentative essay, you must argue for the purpose of Whitehead’s choices
and the intended message that the reader is supposed to come away with. To
support your argument, your paper must include several short quotes from the
novel and at least one quote from a scholarly article. You must meet the word
count and format the paper in MLA style.
Textual evidence from the novel: you
will need to quote the novel to support your claims about the theme you are
writing about. Be selective about your quotes. Your quotes should be short. Only include the essence of
the quote. Your explanation and analysis must outnumber the select quote.
For instance, in each body paragraph most of the words must come from you.
Quotes cannot take over your paper. Use quotes as support to your ideas. Quote
in MLA like so:
According to Whitehead “in each body paragraph
most of the words must come from you. Quotes cannot take over your paper. Use
quotes as support to your ideas” (23).
OR
“In each body paragraph most of the words must
come from you. Quotes cannot take over your paper. Use quotes as support to your
ideas” (Whitehead 23).
Research component:

you
will need to incorporate 1-2 SHORT quotes from one scholarly articles that
relates to the theme you are writing about. For example, if you are writing
about the power of institutions in the novel, you may find an article about
prisons and institutionalization. Note that the research article does not
necessarily have to mention the novel but they it does have to be about the
theme in the novel you are exploring. Additionally, the quotes you include from
the article must be smoothly integrated into your argument about the novel and
cannot exceed 3 lines. You must quote in MLA style like so:
According to Kendra Smith, “women took on
significant roles outside the home as factory workers, business owners, and
other jobs normally reserve for men. When men returned, they found it difficult
to reintegrate to society and women found freedom and power in their new roles
as bread winners” (46).
Or
“women took on significant roles outside the
home…When men returned, they found it difficult to reintegrate to society and
women found freedom and power in their new roles as bread winners” (Smith 46).
Grading
point system:
(Intro
10pts):
·
Student has an introduction that 1) hooks the
reader, 2) includes the author and title of the novel, 3) provides a brief 2-3
sentence synopsis (very short summary) of the novel, 3) includes an explicit
thesis statement that identifies a theme, 1-2 literary devices, and argues for
the purpose and intended message.
(BODY
Paragraphs 40pts): Your task is to analyze your scenes from the novel and make a case for your thesis. Ask
yourself:
Does
the body offer at least 3-4 WELL-DEVELOPED supporting paragraphs that convince
the reader that your interpretation and analysis is a feasible one?
Do
these supporting paragraphs have a clear topic sentence that make a claim which
refer back to the thesis statement?
Are
claims supported logically through explanations and specific examples from the novel Home?
Does
the student include at least one short quote from the novel in all body
paragraphs, and are they less than two sentences long? Are
the quotes and examples from your novel thoroughly
explained and analyzed?
ü Does
the student include at least one or two quotes within the essay from one credible
source(s)?
ü Is
the quote from the article relevant to the argument about the novel?
ü How
smooth are your transitions and connections between the analysis of the novel
and your research quotes?
ü Does
the student have good concluding sentences that nicely wrap up the ideas of a
given paragraph?
(Organization
10pts):
ü Do
you sustain and support a focused argument throughout the paper?
ü Are
the paragraphs organized logically? Are there transitions between ideas and
paragraphs? Are there appropriate paragraph breaks?
(Conclusion
10pts):
ü Is
there a conclusion that wraps up the paper nicely and reaffirms the student
writer’s position?
ü Does
the writer leave the reader thinking deeply about the importance of the paper’s
argument?
ü Is
the conclusion at least 4 sentences long?
(Grammar
and style 10pts):
ü Is
the paper free of major grammatical errors?
ü Is
the style appropriate to the Genre — a third person, academic analysis of theme
in the novel?
ü How
well does it read? Can the reader understand each sentence the first time read?
ü Is
there sentence variety and rhythm?
(MLA
10pts):
ü Is
the paper in MLA style: double spaced, Times New Roman 12pt font
ü Are
the sources, including novel and research articles, cited properly inside the
essay?
ü Is
there an MLA Works Cited page, which includes the novel and the article?
(Word
Count and Analysis 10pts): Is the
essay at least 900-words in length? Does the paper do more analyzing than
summarizing 80/20? INCOMPLETE ESSAY WILL
AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE AN “F”

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