Topics

1. Using at least two outside sources of academic merit (not including dictionaries or encyclopedias, either hard copy or electronic; dictionaries and encyclopedias may be used, but they may not count as either of the two sources), define folk songs or folk Be sure to use specific American works as well as quotes to support your points. Be sure you use academically valid, credible, authoritative works and sites for sources — sites such as Ask.com, About.com, Wikipedia.com, and so forth are not academic sites.

2. Compare A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mary Rowlandson (pages 482-514) to one other work we’ve read in class to date. (William Bradford)

3. Compare A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mary Rowlandson (pages 482-514) with Dances With Wolves (Costner film version).

4. Compare Dances With Wolves (Costner film version) with The Searchers (John Ford film version).

Format:

1. Please employ the 2009 Modern Language Association (MLA) style for research

2. All papers written outside of class must:
   1. be
   2. be double-spaced.
   3. be in 12 point type (preferably using Times New Roman font).
   4. have a 1 inch margin at the top, bottom, and sides of each
   5. have your last name and page number in the upper right corner of each page, ½ inch below the top edge of the

3. The first page of each paper must:
   1. have identifying information in the upper left corner:
      1. your name,
      2. your teacher’s name,

• your class and section number,
• the

1. have your last name and the page number in the upper right corner.
2. have the title of your paper.

4. Subsequent pages need only have your last name and the page number in the upper right corner.

Due date: the date the paper is due is listed on the course Calendar and Course Schedule.

Late papers: Late papers will earn a zero. No late assignments will be accepted, except for specific circumstances, including death in the immediate family (parent, sibling, spouse, child), hospitalization or severe illness which precludes attendance on the due date, jury duty, or military service. Documentation must be provided for such absences.

Grading: papers will be critiqued, graded, and returned online.

Papers will be graded according to the English Department’s Theme Standard Sheet and Plagiarism Policies. Please review the rubrics posted in Course Content.

Content: papers should not be a plot synopsis (summary) of the works; instead, they should be analyses of works as well as substantive argumentation. Some topics ask you to compare items; of course, comparison implies contrast as well.

Research and documentation: papers must be documented using MLA documentation format and appropriate sources for the research.

Submitting papers: papers should be saved in Microsoft Word.

You should also feel free to use the Writing Center on each campus as well as Brainfuse, which is online tutoring accessible through Blackboard.

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