Read the Instructions very carefully :
Research Essay (1500 words)
Learning objectives
– Apply principles of unity, development, and coherence in writing
– Produce clear, grammatical, and logical written work independently
– Write essays that assert and support clear thesis statements
– Research and assess secondary-source material using university-level methods and resources
– Integrate sources effectively into written work using quotation, paraphrase, and summary
Purpose
This assignment asks you to put to practice the writing and research skills you have been
developing throughout the semester in order to develop a persuasive, argumentative research
essay that is
well-articulated.
Instructions
Choose one of the prompts below and respond to it in an argumentative essay. This essay should
be 1500 words long, and it should include a thesis statement that you develop and prove by
analyzing your primary text and by drawing on appropriate secondary sources.
• Your essay should build on your proposal, and it should be informed by the feedback you
received.
• You are expected to find and effectively utilize at least three secondary sources (either
peer-reviewed
journal articles or academic books) to support your argument. These
sources could delve into
relevant historical or social context, the genre, the text itself, etc.
It is up to you to choose what is most useful.
Note that a secondary source cannot be a
poem, short story, play, or novel. In her essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldúa examines how language,
class, gender, race, sexuality, and colonialism all intersect. Write an essay that explains
how and why Anzaldúa uses the metaphor that compares a body part—the tongue—to a
wild animal that can be tamed. What does she use this metaphor to accomplish in this
essay? Feel free to use your secondary sources to look up interviews with Anzaldúa,
scholars who have studied Anzaldúa’s writing, scholars who explain how metaphors
work, scholars who discuss the relationship between language and identity, etc..
In her essay “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldúa examines how language,
class, gender, race, sexuality, and colonialism all intersect. Write an essay that explains
how and why Anzaldúa uses the metaphor that compares a body part—the tongue—to a
wild animal that can be tamed. What does she use this metaphor to accomplish in this
essay? Feel free to use your secondary sources to look up interviews with Anzaldúa,
scholars who have studied Anzaldúa’s writing, scholars who explain how metaphors
work, scholars who discuss the relationship between language and identity, etc..
• You must follow MLA format.
