FINAL EXAM REPLACEMENT- NOT TAKING AP/IB TEST

Write a literary analysis that focuses on an important aspect in any of the following works: July’s People, The God of Small Things, Waiting for Godot, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cat’s Cradle, The Handmaid’s Tale, or The Thing Around Your Neck. Your analysis should consider themes/concepts covered during the year (dystopia, existentialism, nihilism, satire, self-knowledge, alienation, etc.). Your final paper should consist of 1200-1400 words, so choose a topic that is appropriate in scope.Some examples of such topics might be:

·The significance of the yellow bakkie as a symbol in July’s People

·Subjectivity of time in The God of Small Things

·Language and satire in The Importance of Being Earnest

·Symbols related to time and their meaning in Waiting for Godot

Your argument should be focused and well supported by specific details and commentary.You will be required to include at least one critical perspective in addition to ample quotations from the work itself in your analysis.If you find a critical source somewhere other than Gale, you must clear that source as legitimate with me or else risk losing points.Additionally, your analysis should be organized, thorough, polished, and use language appropriate to the study of literature.

This will count as your final exam grade.

1. Integration of Concepts and Sources 30 pts

·  Is your choice of thesis statement/topic original, analytical, and specific?

·  Do you skillfully integrate at least one Galegroup source into your paper?

·  Do you analyze and comment on your topic in its relation to at least one of the major concepts from this year (dystopia, existentialism/nihilism/solipsism, social satire, self-knowledge, etc.)?

2. Insight and Analysis 30 pts

·  Are you providing enough specific and appropriate text references and quotations to support your argument?

·  Are you providing sufficient commentary to carry your textual examples forward to some meaningful conclusion and relation to your thesis statement?

·  Do your comments as to characterization, theme, tone, etc. reveal planning and insight? Are appropriate literary labels used?

·  Does the paper reveal critical thinking and originality?

3. Presentation 20 pts

·  How organized is the analysis? Does the essay reveal planning?

·  How convincing is the language and register? Is the tone academic and formal? Is active voice used when possible?

·  How well does the paper conform to standards of formal written English?

·  Was a bibliography present and correctly formatted?

·  Were proper citations utilized?

4. Formal Considerations 20 pts

·  Did you schedule and carry out the conference with your teacher by May 12?

·  Was the outline and thesis paragraph submitted to turnitin.com by May 15?

·  Was the finished paper submitted to turnitin.com by May 22?