See instruction below:
Overview of your paper’s plan, write
Opening PP—about 5 or more sentences
Thesis [F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby…verb of your choice for your paper’s main idea
Organizing ideas: three sentences that come from the three body PPs’ topic sentences, their main ideas
Statement of significance
Body of three 20-sentemce PPs
Topic sentence for 20-sentence body PP about the dream in general terms
Topic sentence for 20-sentence body PP about how the dream relates to some element of the novel, such as setting, tone, imagery, symbolism, themes
Topic sentence for 20-sentence body PP about how the dream relates to three characters in the novel [or just to Jay Gatsby should you so choose]
Closing PP—about 5 or more sentences
In summary, [3 sentences that restate the three body PPs’ topic sentences
In conclusion, [a restatement of the paper’s thesis
A hint of things to come, something left unaddressed
How are papers evaluated?
Six Evaluation Criteria:
Elements of Organization
Methods of Development
Modes of Order
Transitions
Editing and Proofreading
MLA Matters -Modern Language Association Standards
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See the Purdue OWL references for the six evaluation criteria.
Summary:
This module included (1) directions for the paper, (2) a discussion of the American dream in American culture, and (3) the six evaluation criteria for Paper One–and all writing assignments in E101.
And please see sample student papers that will give you an idea of what your Paper One should look like.
Notes:
Only submit word documents. Here are instructions on how to export a Pages document as a word file – https://support.apple.com/kb/ph26118?locale=en_US (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Using quotes:
You have three very different body PPs in Paper One:
The dream in general terms.
The dream as it applies to an aspect of the novel, like setting or symbols or themes
The dream as it applies to three characters including Jay Gatsby.
Use at least two quotes from outside sources or from the novel to support two body PPs. Use MLA in-text citations and Works Cited page for formatting.
