American Literature

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• If you're interested in Franklin, you might write an essay in which you make an argument about Franklin's goal of "moral perfection" with relation to the Puritan practice of meditation.

Sentence Outline: To keep you on track and to provide an opportunity for feedback on your developing essay, you will complete a sentence outline of your essay. Consider this a draft of your essay. Sentence outlines look like regular outlines, but instead of using key words for each section, you will use a complete sentence, ideally the topic sentence of each paragraph. Keep in mind that this is not a 5 paragraph

essay, so you will need to have a minimum of 7-8 paragraphs. See the resource in D2L about developing thesis statements and sentence outlines.

Resources:

·        Topics: If you are having trouble coming up with a topic, use the discussion questions as a starting point. Additionally, use your textbook: the introductions to each section and the “Bibliographies” at the back of the book can point you in the direction of topics and sources that can help you develop a thesis statement

·        Sample Annotated Bibliography (D2L)

·        Example of properly formatted MLA essay: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090701095636_747.pdf

·        MLA formatting and Style Guide: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

·        Thesis Statements and Sentence Outlines (pages 1-8): https://depts.gpc.edu/~gpcengl/Thesis_and_Sentence_Outline_4th_ed_Final_Version.pdf