LiteraryResearch Paper

English I Honors

Mrs. Mantineo

Directions: The following prompt is based on 5 sources.

This question requires you to integrate a variety of sources into a coherent, well-written essay while adhering to MLA format. Refer to the sources to support your position; avoid mere paraphrase or summary. Your argument should be central; the sources should support this argument.Remember to attribute both direct and indirect citations.

Introduction

At this point you have read Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Christmas Carol. All of these texts have to do with Charles Dickens and a recurrent theme found throughout his body of work: the societal consequences of the mistreatment of the poor.

Assignment: 5 Paragraph Essay

Review all sources provided (including any introductory information) carefully. Then, in an essay that synthesizes a minimum of 5 sources for support, (3 fiction texts, 1 academic article and a primary document) take a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies the following description of the writer Charles Dickens: “He was a vigorous social campaigner for the working class and poor of England.” The focus of your paper must be persuasive in nature. You will be persuading your reader that there is evidence in these three works that proves Charles Dickens used his literature to bring attention to the problems of the poor, specifically children. You will be providing quotes from all three works to support your argument.

Include citations from all sources when appropriate. Include a Works Cited.

January 5th 2016 * Final Draft paper copy due in hand during classand turnitin.com submission by 11:59 PM.

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-Taking someone else’s work and passing it off as your own is called plagiarism. Be extremely careful not to plagiarize in this paper. The smallest bit of plagiarism will result in a grade of zero for the entire research paper. A research paper is all about taking the ideas of other people. Be sure to give proper credit to the authors, even if it is not a direct quote.

-WHS takes plagiarism very seriously. According to school policy, if caught plagiarizing, you will receive a failing grade (in this case, a zero) for the first offense. A second offense will result in a zero for the marking period.

-If you plagiarize in your annotated bibliography or first draft, you will receive a zero for that portion of the assignment.

- If you fail to format your works cited page correctly, your grade will be severely reduced. A correctly formatted works cited page that includes all sources used is integral to this research paper.

-You are expected to make extensive use of the internet and computer programs in order to write your paper. If you have computer problems at home, be sure to make use of the WHS media center or any WHS labs available to you at the appropriate times set forth by each room. Having computer problems at home will not serve as a valid excuse for the lateness of any assignment.

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Checklist for Essay Writing

Introduction of topic

Complete thesis: Position and Three Reasons in one sentence.

Consistent use of topic sentences

Complete development of paragraphs

Strong supporting details for each reason

Little or no grammatical errors

No run on sentences- two or more sentences connected without proper punctuation or conjunction

No comma splices- two sentences connected with a comma only

No fragments- an incomplete sentence

No contractions

No misspelled words

Avoid repetitious use of first person words- I, my, we, us, me, our

Avoid second person- you

Note: try to avoid the words “they” and “them” and “their” when referring to anyone mentioned in the essay.

Conclusion

Restate ideas from thesis

Essay Rubric

The score should reflect a judgment of the essay's quality as a whole. Writers are rewarded for what they do well in response to the prose constructed response prompt.

All essays, even those scored 3 and 4, are likely to exhibit occasional flaws in analysis or in prose style and mechanics; such lapses should enter into the holistic judgment of the essay's quality. In no case, however, may an essay with many distracting errors in grammar and mechanics be scored higher than 1.

4 (92-100) Essays earning the score of 4 meet all the criteria for 3 papers and, in addition, are particularly full or apt in analysis or demonstrate particular stylistic command.

3 (84-91) Essays earning the score of 3 are well-written essays that clearly demonstrate an understanding of the topic. They address the topic convincingly with apt references. Papers will be specific in their references, cogent in their explications, and free of plot summary that is not relevant to the argument presented. These essays need not be without flaw, but they must demonstrate the writer’s ability to discuss a literary work with insight and understanding and to control a wide range of the elements of effective composition.

2 (74-83) Essays earning a score of 2 analyze the appropriate elements, but are less thorough, less perceptive or less specific. Though they are not as convincing in their discussion, these essays are generally well-written; however, they have less maturity and control. They demonstrate the writer’s ability to analyze a literary work, but they reveal a less sophisticated analysis and less consistent command of the elements of effective writing. These papers do not cite supporting details and their discussion may not present any insight beyond literal comprehension.

1 (68-73) Essays earning the score of 1 demonstrate little or no success in synthesizing the texts. These essays may misinterpret the prompt, misinterpret the passage, or fail to analyze the texts; or they may substitute a simpler task, such as paraphrasing the passage. The prose of 1 papers may reveal consistent weaknesses in grammar or another of the basic elements of composition.

0 Essays earning the score of 0 are described by the criteria for the score of 1, but are particularly

simplistic in their response to the passage or particularly weak in their control of language.