Compare & Contrast: 21st Century and Everything Before

Essay for ENG 213: 21st century and everything before

Source Material:

Reading resources in Units 1

through 5 Viewing resources in

Units 1 through 5

Background:

You have read, viewed, and discussed resources on different genres and eras of poems and poets as well as resources on how compare and contrast topics effectively. Now, it is time to combine those two subjects into one assignment.

Prompt:

Choose a poet from the 21st century and compare his/her poems and writing styles to a poet that was presented in Units 1 through 4.

Task:

Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 5 (Miranda, Angelou, Heaney, Collins).

Choose a poet in that is presented in Units 1 through 4. Use the resources available in all the units on writing styles, devices,

imagery, and history to create a plan for similarities and differences in your chosen authors’ poems and in their writing styles.

You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes these similarities and differences. Be sure to include a supporting section that addresses similarities and differences in the poems (theme, subjects, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as a section that addresses the writing styles (use of imagery and poetic devices).

Instructions:

Analyze the two poets and their poems for similarities and differences in the poems and in the authors’ writing styles.

Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your main answer to the prompt.

Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from both stories to support your own ideas. Be sure to format these citations according to APA formatting guidelines.

Your audience for this response will be people who have read the poems but not compared and contrasted the elements. This will eliminate the need to summarize or add plot-heavy detail.

Compare & Contrast: 21st Century and Everything Before

ENG213—Poetry

Requirements:

 Your response should be 2-3 pages.  Your response should have a properly APA formatted title page.  Your response should have properly formatted in-text citations.  Your response should have a properly formatted reference page  It should also be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, in 12 point font

and with 1 inch margins.  Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as

“I,” “you,” “we,” etc.

 Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use internal citations

for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information.

Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you write.

Rubric for Compare and Contrast of Poets and Poems

Does Not Meet

Expectatio ns 0-11

Below Expectatio ns 12-13

Needs Improveme

nt 14-15

Satisfactory

16-17

Meets Expectatio ns 18-20

Thesis Statement (Controlling Idea)

Thesis is not present.

Thesis is confusing, vague or unclear. Thesis is loosely related to the paper or not present.

Thesis is attempted with little relation to the overall topic. Some supporting details missing.

Thesis is present and relates to the majority of the paper.

Thesis is organized and focused on the paper. It includes all main points and uses active voice to state the position.

Content, Rhetorical Mode, and Purpose

No points of comparison or contrast present; ideas in essay do not relate to or support the topic.

Points of comparison and contrast are present, but not fully developed or organized; essay shows some organization but may not be in block-by- block or point- by point format. Little to no analysis of information present.

Points of comparison and contrast are present but limited in their development or organization; essay shows some organization but may not be in block-by- block or point- by point format. Minimal analysis of information present.

Points of comparison and contrast are present and developed; essay is organized and follows block- by- block or point-by- point structure. Analysis present but may not be fully developed.

Detailed, specific, and supported points of comparison and contrast are consistent and follow block-by- block or point- by- point structure. Fully developed analysis.

Textual Support and Integration of Information

Does not include text support and/or text support is not cited.

Very little evidence is given and used in the essay properly. Evidence may not relate to the thesis statement. Evidence is cited but not cited properly.

Some evidence is given and used in the essay properly. Evidence is somewhat related to the thesis statement. Evidence may or may not always

Evidence is tied to specific evaluation criteria. Evidence is mostly tied to the thesis statement and used properly and is cited properly.

Evidence is tied to specific evaluation criteria and the thesis statement. Evidence is used effectively and cited properly.

cited properly.

Grammar, Mechanics, and Voice

Grammar and mechanics’ errors make the essay incomprehensib le.

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and mechanics errors occur throughout document, and/or consistent misuse of third person voice.

Several errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling and mechanics present and/or inconsistent use of third person voice.

Some spelling, grammar, punctuation and mechanical errors are evident, and/or some errors in using third person voice

Free of punctuation, spelling, grammar, and other mechanical errors. Consistent use of third person voice.

APA Format

APA format is not followed.

Errors evident in all of the areas: 1 inch margins, correctly formatted title page, correctly

Errors evident in three to four of the areas of: 1 inch margins, correctly formatted title page, correctly

Errors evident in one to two of the areas of: 1 inch margins, correctly formatted title page, correctly

Free of errors in: 1 inch margins, correctly formatted title page, correctly formatted

formatted reference page, double spacing, Times New Roman,12 font.

formatted reference page, double spacing, Times New Roman, 12 font.

formatted reference page, double spacing, Times New Roman, 12 font.

reference page, double spacing, Times New Roman, 12 font.

*A zero can be earned if the above criteria are not met.

*Plagiarism will result in a zero.