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I have created an intro outline and work cited. These are the instructions from my ProfessorDirections: This assignment and its related components will be the focus of the final three weeks of the course. It will allow you to build on the range of analytical strategies and interpretive approaches we have discussed in CTW-1 and CTW-2, and will also allow you greater autonomy and choice than any writing assignment thus far. I would like you to choose a “work” – that is, a piece of media, whether it be book, poem, television show, comic book/graphic novel, essay, video game, speech, movie, etc. – that deals with a “form of belonging” such as we have been discussing in class, and to draft and submit a research essay five to seven pages in length. You may choose Silence if you wish, but this is an opportunity to select a work beyond the bounds of our syllabus. It will be your task to develop an original, distinctive argument about this work, and to engage with the arguments of other researchers in the process. To that end, you must research three to five secondary sources that discuss your topic (or, in the case that your topic is narrow or very recent, a relevant or related topic/area). You may use additional web sources for background information on your topic, but for at least three, you are required to use authoritative and accredited sources that have either been peer-reviewed or issued from a university press. If you have any questions about the credibility of your sources, I invite you to talk with me or to consult with a librarian. As you begin conceiving your project, I strongly suggest you begin searching with SCU Library’s online catalogs to investigate, in a preliminary sense, the extent of secondary discussion on your topic/subject. Your essay draft and final version are due via Camino. Useful reminders: Your essay should be five to seven pages in length, double-spaced, and not including the bibliography / works cited. It will be evaluated on the basis on five categories, which should be familiar to you by now, but which I’ve tailored here for this particular assignment: Thesis. Is there an original argument about the primary subject of the essay – not just on a desсrіptive level (what it is / what it looks like) but what it does and how it works – how it conveys the notion of belonging? Is the thesis located at the end of the introduction? Is it substantiated by evidence later on, throughout the essay, and does the essay use helpful “signposting” methods to keep the thesis in the mind of the reader? Structure. Is there a clear and navigable organization strategy for the essay? Are the elements of the document merely thrown together in a jumble, or is it clear that there has been some thought about the logical progression of ideas? Do topic sentences indicate what the paragraphs will contain (serving as “mini-theses” for each paragraph)? Research. Does the essay involve three to five quality, peer-reviewed journal or university press publications relevant to the analysis at hand? Does the essay draw upon and cite them appropriately and accurately according to MLA style? Is there a bibliography or list of works cited included at the end of the essay, which lists the sources properly and alphabetically? Analysis. How does the essay interpret the “data” of the work you’ve selected for analysis? Rather than being simply desсrіptive or recounting “what happens,” are three independent conclusions (scaffolded on information/approaches of secondary sources) about the meaning of the work? Does the essay treat the work’s form as well as its content, as well as how the work connects to the theme of belonging? Style/Mechanics: Voice, tone, diction, as well as grammar and spelling you use. Keep an eye on areas such as proper use of punctuation, subject-verb agreement, active verbs vs. passive verbs / “to be” verbs, and sentence fragments, as well as prose variation. I will evaluate your use of mechanics and style in the first draft.