Synthesize your own insights about a text that we have read with the analyses of at least two other scholars.

Research Paper, (English Lit)

This assignment is designed to help you organize the structure and the content of your research essay. Your outline will include a draft of your introduction and thesis statement, and an outline of each body paragraph you plan to write that comprises your topic sentences, evidence from the text you plan to use, and citations from the scholarly sources you plan to integrate into your argument.

Write a detailed outline that includes:
a. A full introduction

b. A description of each body paragraph in which you bullet point:
–The paragraph’s topic sentence (use complete sentences)

–The quotation(s) you plan to use in that paragraph, whether they be from the primary text or secondary sources; alternatively, if you are writing on film or television, describe the scene(s) you will be focusing on in the paragraph.

–Your explanation of what is important about the scene/quotation and how you will use it to support the claim you make in your topic sentence.

Overall essay prompt: For this essay, you will synthesize your own insights about a text that we have read with the analyses of at least two other scholars. Scholarly work may include letters, journals, and interviews with the author of your chosen text, theoretical works that discuss themes present within the text, and/or literary analyses of the text.