Question: Research Essay (40% Final Grade)
The Assignment: Drawing upon scholarly research, compose an original scholarly interpretation on "A DOLL'S HOUSE" by Henrik Ibsen. http://m.sparknotes.com/lit/dollhouse/summary.html
Content requirements:
- Your essay must prove your thesis through an appropriate use of summaries, quotes, and paraphrases from both your primary and secondary sources. Essays that do not contain textual evidence in the form of summaries, quotes and paraphrases will not receive a passing grade.
- Your quotes and paraphrases must be cited in MLA parenthetical style.
- Your essay must begin with a fully-developed introduction that includes an original thesis about your cultural topic.
-Your essay must end with a fully developed conclusion.
- Your essay must contain a final Works Cited page written in MLA style.
- Well-written essays that use scholarly sources exclusively will receive grades of A or B; essays that rely more heavily on popular, non-scholarly media such as encyclopedias, websites and media reviews when scholarly sources are available will receive grades of C and below.
Format requirements:
-Four to five pages.
-Format: typed, double-spaced, with 1" margins, 12 pt. Times font, left justified.
- Parenthetical citations and Works Cited page must follow MLA style.
-Include the following in the upper right hand side of the first page: your name; the title of your essay; the number of words in your essay; the name, number, section and time of your class; and your professor's name.
- Number each page, centering the page number at the bottom of the page.
- Proofread carefully. Use your spell check function on your word processor.
Your essay will be graded and commented on in Dropbox.