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2- on another sheet write your Works Cited page for your Literary Analysis Essay on Sula in MLA here. Be sure to submit it as an attachment so that the formatting is retained.
Here are some guidelines to remember:
Your Works Cited page should have a minimum of three entries:
one for the novel
two from articles connected to your discussion (at least one of those articles should come from the MDC databases; both can come from the databases).
Formatting for Works Cited:
Center the words Works Cited one inch from the top of the page.
Double-space within and between entries–no extra spaces between entries.
Every line after the first for each source is indented.
Sources are listed in alphabetical order.
You can use one of the citation builders to create the entry: Easy Bib, Citation Machine, or any other that you find reliable and helpful. Remember that these don’t always provide you with the correct spacing and indentation, and you may have to tweak those in your paper. Also, check that the entry looks like works cited entry should for the type of document you are citing—whether a journal article, an interview, a magazine article, a chapter from a book, etc.
Email your professor with questions. You want to get this right so that no points are lost to formatting errors.
Your Works Cited page will be graded according to the following criteria:
Centered Works Cited heading: 10 points
Alphabetical listing of sources: 10 points
Correct spacing and indentation: 20 points
Correct information for each entry: 30 points
At least 3 sources: 30 points
*The novel, at least one database article, and another article (from the database or not)
Please note that you can list more than 3 sources—three is the minimum and must include each of the above.
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Essay 1: Literary Analysis Checklist
______ Introductory paragraph includes the title of the work and the full name of the author
______ Heading adheres to MLA guidelines (see MLA Template in this folder) and looks like this:
_______ Your paper has an original title that reflects the focus of your essay (only major words capitalized, no
underlining, no italicizing, no bolding, or no writing your title in a bigger size font)
_______ Thesis statement is clear and focuses the essay by taking a position on an interpretation of the literary work
_______ Each body paragraph is unified around a single idea and includes a topic sentence
_______ The order in which body paragraphs are presented is logical; ideas between paragraphs are clearly connected
_______ In-text citations (parenthetical citations) are included and correctly formatted
_______ Present tense to discuss ideas and action in the literary work
_______ Proper punctuation for titles (article titles in quotation marks, novel title italicized)
_______ Avoid “you,” “really,” “very” in formal writing; avoid “things” and “everything”
_______ Avoid contractions in formal writing: use “do not” instead of “don’t”
_______ The works cited page is formatted correctly and looks like this:
Essay Assignment 1: Documented Literary Analysis
Your literary analysis essay will be on the novel Sula by Toni Morrison. You can
choose from any of the topics listed below (recommended) or explore further topics
in the chapter on Sula, in the book How to Write about Toni Morrison (linked here for
your convenience).
Your literary analysis should be between 2 ½ and 3 pages (600 to 750 words), not
including the Works Cited page, should be double spaced in Times New Roman 12point font and must meet the following criteria:
• A clearly articulated thesis that states, somewhere in your introduction, the
assertion (position, interpretation) that your paper will prove
• An introduction, a minimum of 3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion
• At least two quotes from the novel itself that are integrated into your
discussion
• At least two citations of outside sources (such as literary criticism on the novel).
At least one source should come from the MDC databases. All sources must
be academic.
• Topic sentences that focus the discussion of the body paragraphs
• Examples, details, explanations in the body paragraphs that clearly support
your thesis
• Clear connections between ideas from paragraph to paragraph and within
paragraphs
• Proper MLA style format in the heading, in the in-text citations, and in the
Works Cited page (see the template for the heading and margins in this lesson)
• Works Cited page includes articles from two sources and from the novel for a
minimum of three total listed sources
• Standard usage, grammar, and mechanics
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
➢ You will submit your final draft through the Turn-it-in drop box designated for
this purpose in the course. Please be aware, that although Turn-it-in does allow
for similarities for quotations up to 24% of your paper, any similarity above
24% is considered too high for an original paper and will be flagged as
plagiarism.
➢ You can get help with your paper at any of the campus writing centers (see the
link in the course with this information), and you can also receive online help
via SmartThinking, the online tutoring service provided by the College. This
service is available by clicking on SmartThinking in the left-hand menu bar of
the course under Tools & Resources.
Choose any ONE of the following 10 topics:
1. Analyze the ending of the novel. What are the “circles of sorrow” that Nel
experiences? Is the ending pessimistic, optimistic, or something else altogether?
2. Nel and Sula’s friendship is central in the novel. As children, the girls develop
their self-concept through the friendship. When they are adults, Nel feels
betrayed when Sula sleeps with Jude, but Sula has also felt betrayed by Nel
during the Chicken Little incident. How did Nel betray Sula as regards Chicken
Little’s death and what is the significance of this mutual betrayal in their lives?
3. How do people who are intensely individualistic fare in the novel? Is it possible
to break away from the values of the community and to be one’s own person
Answer the question with reference to at least two of the novel’s characters.
4. How and by whom is love expressed in the novel? In what ways does the love
in the novel ease the suffering of the characters? How is love not enough to
diminish the suffering of the characters? Answer the question by discussing at
least two characters in the novel.
5. In what ways are the various characters in the novel alienated from the
community? How do they cope with their loneliness, their preoccupations, and
other effects of feeling alienated?
6. Compare and contrast the journey of self-discovery for two characters in the
book. Remember to take a position in your thesis that establishes the
significance of the comparison and contrast.
7. Contrast Nel’s relationship to her mother and Sula’s interaction with her
mother. Remember to take a position in your thesis that establishes the
significance of the contrast.
8. Trace the use of three symbols in the novel and explain their connection to a
theme in the novel.
9. What does Shadrack’s character teach us about the effects of war and the ways
mentally ill people can be ostracized from a community?
10. Although no one has ever joined Shadrack on National Suicide Day, in the
chapter titled “1941,” much of the town marches toward the tunnel where they
have not been able to work, and, in their rage, they try to “kill, as best they
could, the tunnel they were forbidden to build” (160). What is the significance
of the event at the tunnel and the resulting deaths there?
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