3 PAGES (WORKS CITED DOES NOT
COUNT), DOUBLE SPACED, SIZE 12 TIMES NEW ROMAN
USE
TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES (NOT INCLUDING THE TEXT!) AND QUOTE THE PRIMARY TEXTS AS
WELL.
USE THE EXAMPLE PAPER HANDOUT FOR
MLA GUIDELINES!!
This link will also help with MLA
questions:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01
Pick ONE of the essay topics
below for your paper.
- Use examples from (use at least TWO) The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and
“Brave Are We”, and from your own experience if it applies to explain the
“new American” experience and assimilation. Use examples from the texts
along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- We discussed how symbols were used in
“Brave We Are” this week for the issues new Americans face. Discuss three
of those symbols and explain their importance in the story. Use examples
from the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
- In “Two Kinds” the mother puts a lot of
pressure of her daughter to do well. We refereed to it as her “putting all
her eggs in one basket”. Explain how she attempts to shape her daughter’s
life in the story. Use examples from the texts along with outside sources
to support your thesis.
- Food is clearly important in all cultures
and we see that in “Brave We Are” and to a lesser extent in The Namesake; using examples from
both of those texts OR JUST “Brave We Are” and two outside sources,
explain what role food plays in culture.
- Use examples from (use at least TWO) The Namesake, “Two Kinds” and
“Brave Are We” to explain how the parents in these stories attempted to
pass on their culture to their Americanized children. Use examples from
the texts along with outside sources to support your thesis.
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Never end a
paragraph with a quote.
·
Cite
outside sources within in your text; if it appears on your works cited page it
has to be used in the paper (direct quotes or paraphrasing).
·
Always keep
in mind: is this quote proving and supporting my thesis? If not, do not use it!
·
DO NOT USE
QUOTES THAT ARE LONGER THAN 4 LINES
Allows
use the full title when referring to a story or film and follow the rules
below:
The Namesake, “Two Kinds”, “Brave We Are”
