Response paper

Johnson 1

Jennifer Johnson

Contemporary American Literature 21:352:211:62

OR

20th Century American Women Writers 21:988:342:62

Response Paper #1

Prof. Yemini

29 January 2020 (Please note that the date indicated is the date your response paper is due)

“This is where you type up/copy and paste the passage you are analyzing. If you are analyzing a

theme or only parts of a passage, please use ellipses (…) to indicate that you’ve either included

quotes from different parts/pages of the text, or that you’ve shortened it. Please be sure to single-

space this first page. Please be sure to use 12 p. font and Times New Roman, and ensure that

your margins, on all sides, do not exceed one inch. Please also take note of how your paper needs

to be paginated, on the upper right corner. This first page does NOT count as part of your

analysis. You must also place quotation marks, as you are directly quoting from the text; be sure

that you use apostrophes in place of quotation marks, if the latter appear within the passage you

are quoting. Please also be sure to properly cite the passage” (Jackson 59).

Johnson 2

Response to “The Witch”

Please note that the title is not in bold, nor is it underlined. Please be sure to write ONE

FULL PAGE, and not half, third, or three-quarters of a page; there is no reason for any of you to

do badly on these papers, so please avoid not filling the minimum page requirement. Please do

not exceed two double-spaced pages either.

Be sure to begin a new paragraph when needed, and make sure your paragraphs are

properly indented. However, please do not start new paragraphs for no reason other than to fill

the page as quickly (and lazily) as possible. Please also be sure to use italics when writing about

a novel or novella, and use quotation marks (and no italics) when writing about a short story.

These are little details that make a difference.

Your response papers are due at the beginning of class, and I will only accept hard

copies, so please do not email me your papers. If you hand in your response paper late, your

grade will decline as well (please look at p. 3 of the syllabus, under “Assignments”).

Additionally, you may use first person (“I”) in your response paper, if you want to;

however, you must remember that you are still writing an academic paper, and so I expect your

writing to be formal and academic (e.g., no slang or colloquialisms, no comma splices, no

personal background stories or anecdotes, no examples from your personal life, etc.).

Last, but certainly not least, please be sure to see a tutor at the Writing Center (Conklin

126); having a tutor look over your response paper, especially if you struggle with grammar, will

help you tremendously. Please note, however, that you should make these appointments at least

one week in advance, as the Writing Center tutoring appointments fill up quickly. If there are no

available appointments, be sure to go to the Writing Center as a walk-in. I cannot stress enough

how important it is to have a tutor look over your response paper before you hand it in.

This is what I mean by a full page (including this sentence you’ve just read).