Description

• A professional article/essay (not a student essay or work of literature in the "Literary Analysis" chapter) of your choice that is published in The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook (4th ed.)

Students should write a textual analysis essay in response to the Norton essay they chose to read. 

In your essay, you must include a brief summary of the article you chose to provide context for your analysis, which will begin with an argument about whether you are agreeing or disagreeing with something the author has said. The essay should then focus on analyzing the text you've chosen, focusing on supporting or elaborating on the claim you've made in your thesis and introduction paragraph.

 Your essay should quote from the source directly and must document the sources using in-text citations and a works cited page. 

Required length: 750 words, minimum (recommended maximum: 1,000 words)

Required format: MLA (see Required Page Setup: How to Set Up Your Essays); this essay must contain a works cited page that includes a citation for the essay/article from the textbook that you chose to write about. This citation must follow the model for a work from an anthology. 

Required research: Only the essay/article itself should be incorporated in this essay