Lit 2

Here is the poem you choose for for Essay #1 AND Response #2. Feel free to write your response and then use that writing and poem as the basis for your first essay, of course making sure you write at least 3 FULL pages for the Essay #1 AND cite the poem in the body and on a Works Cited (MLA) or References (APA) page. Essays that fail to cite in BOTH areas will at the least lose points.

This is what you did your response on last week: Crashaw, Richard "But Men Loved Darkness rather than Light

· Be at least 3 FULL pages long (to the bottom of Page 3). Points will be deducted based on lack of length. For instance, a 2-page paper cannot receive a grade higher than 66, and probably will have other issues that result in more points deducted.

· Be in proper MLA OR APA format as seen on the example essays  Sample MLA Essay Sample APA essay ( https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/

· Be in proper paragraph format, one-inch margins, heading on the first page, header in the upper left of each page, Times New Roman 12 point font, and double-spacing throughout. For APA, most of the format is the same except for a running head. Be sure which one you are using before submitting the essay. 10 points will be deducted for failure to follow the guidelines here.

· Have a Works Cited page OR a References page (APA) with the poem properly cited. A grade of 0 can be given to essays that fail to have a citation page.

· Have the poem cited within the text by line number after you introduce the poem in the introduction. A grade of 0 can be given to essays that fail to cite in the body of the essay.

Read over the directions for Essay #1 Below. The first document entitled Essay 1 Explication contains the instructions, but ignore the verbiage about drafts and due dates.

Your essay MUST:

· Be at least 4 FULL pages long (to the bottom of Page 4).

· Be in proper MLA format as seen on the example essay  Sample MLA Essay  with proper paragraph format, one-inch margins, heading on the first page, header in upper left of each page, Times New Roman 12 point font, and double-spacing throughout.  

· Have a Works Cited page with the poem properly cited and the poem cited within the text. Both of these elements need to be there; otherwise, it's considered "fabrication," a form of plagiarism, and will receive penalties.

· Be uploaded to Assignments folder Essay #1 NO LATER than July 17th by Midnight. NO late work will be accepted for any reason.