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Write a comparison essay of approximately 2000-?‐2500 words (7-?9 double-?spaced pages, 12-?point font) worth 25% of your grade on the following topic. The essay must follow point-?by-?point format (see final page of these instructions) and demonstrate the completion of a research component worth 10% of the final grade for the paper. Please write your paper in third-?person and number your pages in the top right-?hand corner.
Many of our texts this semester feature literal and / or metaphorical monsters. Compare Stephen King’s The Shining to Stanley Kubrick?s adaptation to demonstrate how the monster and the monstrous are developed differently. What can the filmmaker do that the author cannot?
The Research Component for a Critical / Analytical Essay
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You are required to consult at least THREE critical OR historical sources (EXCEPTION: DO NOT USE WEBSITES FROM THE INTERNET or BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE AUTHOR). Integrate at least one or more comments from ONE article into your paper. This is worth 10% of the grade for this assignment. Your sources must be articles in scholarly journals or essays / chapters in books?in other words, reputable sources that have been vetted by scholars in the field. You can find these articles through York’s electronic journals database, or by making a trip to a library. I recommend that you use the MLA Database or the Project Muse Database (both available through Yorkline) to access reputable journals online. All three of your sources must be referenced on your Works Cited page. Consult the Thomson Nelson Guide to Essay Writing for help with writing a research paper (especially chapter 1 pages 5, 10-?‐11, and 13-?‐20). The Essay Writing guide is also helpful for paragraph form (chapter 5), conventions of essay writing (chapter 6), and common errors in grammar, punctuation, and usage (chapter 7). Be sure to review these chapters before writing your paper.
Consulting secondary sources consists of 4 things:
1) Reading the texts.
2) Assessing their merits?how do they help you to understand the course material or
the topic better? Do you agree with the arguments presented? How is your thinking
different from the critics’?
3) Commenting on at least one source in the body of your essay. THIS IS YOUR PROOF
THAT YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK ABOVE. WITHOUT IT YOU WILL LOSE 10%.
At a relevant point in your discussion, summarize the critic’s argument in two or three sentences, and comment on the merits of that argument in relationship to the works you are discussing.
4) All secondary and primary sources must be cited using MLA format on both the Works Cited page and throughout the essay using parenthetical documentation. Please do not use footnotes or endnotes. Make sure you consult pages 79 to 97 in the Essay Writing guide for specific guidance on MLA parenthetical documentation and format for essays.
Be sure to include the following elements in your essay:
1) Create a succinct and persuasive thesis. Please refrain from simply stating that one text or film is better than the other. Instead, focus your argument by exploring how the two versions are different and / or similar. Make sure you have an argument. Hint: the differences are more interesting!
2) Expand on your support for your thesis by providing evidence.
3) Include atleast one reference to a secondary source.
4) Discuss the implications of your findings in your concluding paragraph. How does
your argument help us to understand the texts and concepts in new ways?

5) Pleasenumberyourpagesandcreateaneffectivetitlethatintroducesyour argument in a creative way.
Turnitin.com
I am also asking that you upload your essays to Turnitin.com.
How to upload your assignment to Turnitin.com:
1. Go to www.turnitin.com.
* If you are a returning user, enter your email address and password.
* If this is your first visit, click on ?New Users? [top right-?‐hand corner] and follow the enrollment wizard that will take you through the process of creating a profile.
2. The class name is AP/HUMA 1780 6.0 C Stories in Diverse Media The class ID number is 5379596.
The class enrollment password is: Odyssey
3. If you already have your own profile (from a previous course), you can login and enroll in our class (AP/HUMA 1780 6.0 Stories in Diverse Media).
4. Once you are on the course page, click on ?submit paper? which is to the right of ?Assignment #2.? Wait for your essay to upload.
5. Make sure that you upload your assignment to Turnitin.com AND submit a hard-?‐ copy to me in the lecture slot.
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AP/HUMA 1780 6.0 C Stories in Diverse Media
Point-?by-?Point Format for a Comparison Essay
An argumentative thesis should include three things:
1. your claim or assertion
2. the evidence that supports this claim
3. the order in which you will be presenting your evidence
An example of point-?by-?point format
? This type of essay compares and contrasts the two texts under examination,
category by category.
INTRODUCTION
includes thesis and structure of essay
Note:please make sure that the sources that are to be used are not biographical information on the author or online websites, they must be critical or historical sources.
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