Essay Requirements: You will read the first Book of Gulliver’s Travels, a work of fiction by Johnathan Swift. You will annotate and take notes upon the text as you read it. You will answer questions about the text, incorporating specific facts and quotes from the writing presented. You will conduct academic research on the text and annotate scholarly articles. Finally, you will write an essay in which you engage in literary analysis and argue your views using support from Swift’s novel and the articles you read and annotated in your research.
· Assignment Basics: You will consider the basics of writing.
o The audience for your argument is academics/professionals who are familiar with the text.
o The purpose of your argument is to persuade others that your interpretation of Swift’s text is plausible.
o Your paper will focus on the novel as demonstrates the Travel Narrative Genre
· Assignment Texts: You will read and annotate assigned texts.
o Gulliver’s Travels by Johnathan Swift, Part I (Book I): A Voyage to Lilliput
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm#part01
o You will integrate (and cite) Swift’s text in your argument.
o You will conduct additional research on your topic, and articles will be provided to you on Moodle.
· Other Requirements: You will demonstrate the expectations of academic writing.
o Your essay will adhere to MLA style and format.
o Your essay will be 5 pages long, Times New Roman Font, Double Spaced, 12pt, 1” margins
Writing Process
Before you complete your final draft, you will work through the steps of the writing process and show progress on your work. These steps include (but are not necessarily limited to) reading, researching, prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.
· Critical Reading & Research: Read and annotate primary and secondary texts.
o Answer reading questions.
o Summarize and evaluate sources.
o Analyze and synthesize the authors’ arguments.
· Prewriting:
o Create an outline to plan your essay.
o State a “working thesis” for your argument. Even though it may be revised, it should be unified, restricted, and precise.
· Drafting & Revising:
o Write a draft of your argument that includes a “Works Cited” page and in-text citations.
o Determine a method to evaluate unity and development (topic sentence outline, color coding, etc.) and apply it to evaluate unity and development in your own draft.
o Write a revised draft and evaluate unity, development, organization, syntax, and coherence.
· Editing:
o Proofread and edit grammar, usage, punctuation, and format.
o Finalize your essay.
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