Prompt (Choose One):
1 How do Rowlandson’s religious views evolve over the course of her autobiographical writing? How did religion in public life change from the late 1600s to the late 1700s?
2 What does Rowlandson’s captivity tell us about the range of unfreedom in Colonial America?
3 How does Rowlandson exemplify the quintessential colonial era American, as either a frontierwoman or “pious” woman?
4 Surprise me. Develop your own argument using evidence from both of sources, American Yawp and Rowlandson.
Format:
1000 words
Double space
12-point font
Standard written English
One-inch margins
Chicago style footnote citations. Do not cite in MLA style.
Content:
Your paper must have a main idea/thesis/argument that answers the prompt.
Your paper must be carefully edited. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling count.
Cultivate your own voice/style. You will be writing a lot of papers in college, so find your voice. This means papers by different students on the same prompt should be distinct. It does not mean the papers are about you.
familiarity with Week 1-2 course readings: American
Yawp, Chapters 1-4 and Mary Rowlandson’s captivity narrative. You must use evidence from
both sources or your paper will not pass.
These are reading response essays, not research papers. There should be no other source
material beyond American Yawp and Rowlandson; do not summarize content you have read
on the internet.
Any paper with no citations is an F paper.
