Discuss “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” as a Modern text.

Final
Exam Study Guide
You may use any of the secondary sources or primary texts. The analysis of
each primary text in the course content is highly recommended. Do NOT use unassigned
online sources.
Answer the question in three to four fully
developed, organized paragraphs of three to four complete sentences each. Begin
each essay with an introduction that establishes your purpose or focus. In your
body paragraphs, use evidence, quotes and examples, to support this thesis,
your reading of the primary text. Organize your essay in a
logical cohesive presentation. You may use primary texts but also secondary,
scholarly sources or any of the analysis in the course content, but cite your
source when you introduce the quote or paraphrase. Review the appropriate
guidelines for writing about literature in Unit 1, such as how to write an
effective literary analysis.
You will be graded on content, cohesion,
and organization, including grammar and mechanics. Short
undeveloped essays will not receive full credit. Do not simply write a plot summary; if you do, not may
not pass the exam.
Checklist for Writing a Successful
Essay
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Do not use a heading, a title or a Works
Cited; instead, the sources you use should be made clear in the essay itself.
Introduce sources, identifying the title and author of a source. If you are
citing from a scholarly article, identify the article’s title and provide the
author’s full name; thereafter, use only the author’s last name.
·
Explain your focus or interpretation
in the introduction; a post is a literary interpretation that explains the
meaning of a text. Fully develop this focus; short or undeveloped posts will
not receive full credit.
·
Study
the analysis of your selected text in the course and/or studied any relevant
definitions or terms, including the characteristics of literary movements. Rely
on the textbook for primary sources, but the information in the course content,
including the analysis of a text, is essential.
What is in the Essay’s Introduction?
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Do you identify the author and title
of the text? Are titles in correct MLA style?
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Do you provide an overview of the
text’s plot as it pertains to your focus before getting into your thesis?
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Do you have a clearly explained
thesis? Have you established a clear purpose, an interpretation of the text? Is
your thesis or purpose explained to the reader? Do you explain how reading your
interpretation will help the reader understand the text’s meaning? Have you
defined relevant terms? You must have a thesis, not just a plot summary.
·
Did you include any information that
is not directly related to your thesis? If so, consider taking out general or
irrelevant information.
What is in the Essay’s Body
Paragraphs?
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Does each of your body paragraphs
support and develop the essay’s thesis?
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Have you used transitions between
paragraphs so that the reader can follow your argument? Is your essay
well-organized and cohesive?
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Have you used enough evidence,
including quotes from the primary text, to support your thesis?
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Have you read the analysis of the
text in course content? Have you used any evidence from this analysis or from
any relevant secondary source assigned in the content? Consider using one or
more of these sources to bolster your argument.
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Have you introduced quotes, placed
them in using correct MLA style, and then explained them after you placed them
in?
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Is any information off-topic or not
related to your focus; take out off topic information or any information that
is too general.
What is in the Essay’s Conclusion?
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You may not need a formal conclusion
is you have adequately covered your topic, but never use “in conclusion” or “in
sum” at the end; the reader can see it’s the end.
·
Have you introduced new information
in the conclusion? If so, take it out or place it in an appropriate body
paragraph.
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Do not place the thesis in the
conclusion; your focus or purpose must be explained in the introduction.
·
If you use a conclusion, refer back
to your thesis.
Essay Question on the Exam

1. Discuss
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” as a Modern text. Select the text and explain it illustrates the characteristics of modernism. Identify at
least three characteristics of Modernism that are illustrated in your selected
text. Explain how reading the text as Modern helps the reader understand the
text’s meaning. Be specific.

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