DRAFT AND FINAL WORK

DRAFT  3PAGES

You will complete a draft this week that will allow you to explore and develop your ideas in preparation for your Literary Analysis, which is due in Week Five. Writing a literary analysis helps us to more readily connect conflicts in literature to our everyday experiences and analyze our own lives as well as human motivations and behavior in general. Finally, it improves our writing and reading skills overall.

How to Write the Draft
 Closely read and take notes on the Literary Analysis assignment found under the Week Five tab. There, you will find complete directions. By this point in the course, you will have discussed two texts from the List of Literary Works, defined at least one conflict, and identified and described at least three literary techniques as specified in the Week Five Literary Analysis prompt.

 For this assignment, you will construct a working thesis statement that defines in detail the conflict you will analyze, the two texts you will address, and the literary devices you will apply to your final analysis. Review the Writing a Clear and Sound Thesis for a Literary Analysis for support.

 The body of your paper, which will consist of 800 to 1000 words, is to be presented in four sections as detailed below.
 •Conflict ◦Identify the conflict in the two texts you have chosen.
◦Identify the similarities and differences in the representation of the conflict in the texts.
◦Identify three literary techniques and elements that help represent this conflict.

•Literary Techniques in [Title of First Chosen Text]  ◦Explain where and how you see the three literary techniques at work in your chosen first text.
◦Provide specific examples by quoting, paraphrasing, and/or summarizing.
◦Explain how the literary techniques/examples define and draw out this conflict.

•Literary Techniques in [Title of Second Chosen Text]  ◦Explain where and how you see the three literary techniques at work in your second chosen text.
◦Provide specific examples by quoting, paraphrasing, and/or summarizing.
◦Explain how the literary techniques define and draw out this conflict.

•Similarities and Differences ◦Compare and contrast the manner in which the texts address the conflict.
◦Explain if they use different and/or similar literary techniques to articulate that conflict.
◦Explain the different and/or similar resolutions of each conflict and how those resolutions were reached.

Compile a working references list on a separate page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 Keep in mind you are writing a literary analysis so please avoid supplying extensive summaries of the texts. Write a summary only when it aids you in describing a specific conflict and/or application of a literary device.

Assignment Requirements
 •Topic: Your draft must contain a working thesis that helps you to explore the topic. Your paper must address at least two of the texts (one of which must be a short story), a specific conflict, and at least three of the literary techniques as listed in the Week Five Literary Analysis guidelines.
•Length: Your draft must be 800 to 1000 words in length, excluding the title and references pages.
•Sources: Your draft must contain a working references page with two to four sources used to support your examples and findings.
•Elements of Academic Writing: Your draft must contain clear transitions between sections.
•APA: Your assignment must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. ◦Separate Title Page: Must include a separate title page that lists the following: an original title, your name, date of submission, and your instructor’s name.
◦Separate References Page: At the end of your paper, include a separate references page that lists all sources utilized for and cited within your analysis.
◦Proper Citations: All sources must be properly cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, both within the text of your paper and on the references page.

THIS IS JUST A ROUGH DRAFT WITH AN OUTLINE

FINAL  WORK

THIS WILL BE FINALIZING A ROUGH DRAFT ALREADY WRITTEN.  I WILL UPLOAD ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THE PAPER. THIS IS MY BOOK CITATION...Clugston, R. W. (2014). Journey into Literature (2nd ed.) AND HERE ARE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER
For this literary analysis, write a 1250- to 1600-word essay in which you do the following:
Revise/develop the thesis from Week Three based on the feedback you have received. Again, the thesis should focus on the conflict(s) you chose to write about. This thesis should provide deeper insight into the possible meanings surrounding the chosen conflict(s) that you see in the chosen literary texts. Throughout your analysis, you must use at least two primary sources and two sources from the Ashford University Library to support your thesis.
Review and incorporate instructor and classroom feedback on at least one conflict listed in Types of Conflict Found in Literature from two literary works in this course. One of the literary works must be a short story. See the List of Literary Works and Types of Conflict Found in Literature.
Analyze three literary techniques to help define and draw out the conflict(s) chosen.
Explain how the texts utilize the literary techniques below to describe the conflict(s).
Compare and contrast the two texts you chose.
List of Literary Works
For your Literary Analysis, select at least two works from the List of Literary Works that share the same type(s) of conflict(s). Remember, one of them must be a short story. You can either compare two short stories, a short story and a poem, or a short story and a play.

List of Types of Conflicts Found in Literature
In the document Types of Conflicts Found in Literature, you will find a list of possible conflicts to explore in your Literary Analysis. Please note that you must write about one of the conflicts in the list of literary texts provided. To help you better understand each conflict and how it might be apparent, examples from popular culture have been provided. However, please note that your Literary Analysis must not be about popular culture, television, or movies. The examples provided are just that--examples. Please also note that it is possible for a text to have more than one conflict at work. The repeated references to conflicts in The Simpsons provide further context on how multiple conflicts might be present in a single work. Other examples of conflict are also provided.

List of Literary Techniques
In your analysis, address at least three of the literary techniques (as defined in Chapters 2 and 4) listed in the document Literary Techniques, describing their relationships with the conflict(s)--which provide deeper insight into possible meaning(s) found in literature--you are addressing in your paper.

Assignment Requirements
Topic: Your paper must address two of the texts, at least one of the conflicts, and three of the literary techniques as listed in the guidelines.
Length: Your paper must be double spaced and 1250 to 1600 words in length (excluding title and references pages).
Sources: You must utilize at least two primary sources to support your thesis (including the course text) and at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library (at least four sources in total). You may also use other academic sources acquired from other classes that pertain to the literary theme and/or conflict.
Elements of Academic Writing: Please see the Guide to Writing a Compare/Contrast Essay resource, which provides information regarding how to effectively organize this essay.
APA: Your assignment must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Separate Title Page: Must include a separate title page that lists the following: an original title, your name, date of submission, and the professor’s name.
Separate Reference Page: At the end of your paper, include a separate references page that lists all sources utilized for and cited within your analysis.
Proper Citations: All sources must be properly cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, both within the text of your paper and on the references page