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1. Students must use as a primary source Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students are responsible to purchase and read the novel.
2. Students must use 4 secondary sources (articles (from JSTOR).
3. The minimum entry on the Works Cited page, which includes the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, is 5.
4. Length of essay is 5 pages.
5. The Works Cited page will be page 5.
6. Total number of pages (including Works Cited is 5).
7. Paper must be typed and double-spaced, with 1” margins (top, bottom, and left; right
margin is automatic).
8. Use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.
9. The student’s name, course name, number, name of assignment, and date (in that
order) should be double- spaced in the top left corner of the first page.
10. The student’s last name and page number should be in the right corner of every page.
11. All essays should have the assigned title centered above the body of the work.
12. MLA format is required for parenthetical citation and Works Cited page.
13. Research paper Must have a Works Cited page.
14. All paragraphs must be indented.
15. The last sentence in the introductory paragraph must have a 3-point parallel thesis
statement, which will govern the essay’s discussion.
The Research Paper (Preparation):
Research Zora Neale Hurston and her body of work. (Type and keep for your benefit). From your research, your paper should include background information on the novel:
publication date, climate when novel was written, etc. (Revisit your assignment on researching background information on the novel).
The topic of your research paper is:
Janie’s Evolution: A Representation of Growth and Independence for Humanity
About Sources:
Academic articles must be taken from JSTOR. All research papers must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (convert to Microsoft Word if paper is in any other mode; for
example, Google docs. Papers should reflect standard essay format.
Tense for Presenting References in the Novel:
Always write in the present tense (when writing about a novel).
Example: Janie (not told) …instead, Janie tells Logan to leave her alone. In other words, reference about the novel (the story) is presented in the present tense.
How to present the Author’s name:
The first and last name of the author is used only once; any other reference of the author is ONLY by the last name.
Example: Zora Neale Hurston classifies Janie’s experiences as life-changing.
Hurston also notes that Janie is a resilient woman.
About Parenthetical Citations:
Parenthetical citations are references of the original sources that are used in a research paper.
Example of parenthetical citation without bookending:
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Logan, Janie’s first husband, calls Janie a “mule that should work all day” (Hurston 24).
Example of parenthetical citation with bookending:
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Logan, Janie’s first husband, calls Janie a “mule that should work all day” (Hurston 24). Logan’s reference to Janie as an animal is a strong indicator of how devalued women were in 1937, which is the year the novel was first published.
Work that is quoted should be bookended. Use the above example as a guide.
About the Works Cited (page):
The entries on the Works Cited (page) must be alphabetized. All sources that are used in the body of the essay must be listed on the Works Cited page. See Text for further breakdown.
About Bookending:
Book ending is simply to explain quotations right after they have been given; in other words, give an appropriate explanation of what you (the writer of the work) think the author that you quoted is saying.1. Students must use as a primary source Their Eyes Were Watching God. Students are responsible to purchase and read the novel.
2. Students must use 4 secondary sources (articles (from JSTOR).
3. The minimum entry on the Works Cited page, which includes the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, is 5.
4. Length of essay is 5 pages.
5. The Works Cited page will be page 5.
6. Total number of pages (including Works Cited is 5).
7. Paper must be typed and double-spaced, with 1” margins (top, bottom, and left; right
margin is automatic).
8. Use Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.
9. The student’s name, course name, number, name of assignment, and date (in that
order) should be double- spaced in the top left corner of the first page.
10. The student’s last name and page number should be in the right corner of every page.
11. All essays should have the assigned title centered above the body of the work.
12. MLA format is required for parenthetical citation and Works Cited page.
13. Research paper Must have a Works Cited page.
14. All paragraphs must be indented.
15. The last sentence in the introductory paragraph must have a 3-point parallel thesis
statement, which will govern the essay’s discussion.
The Research Paper (Preparation):
Research Zora Neale Hurston and her body of work. (Type and keep for your benefit). From your research, your paper should include background information on the novel:
publication date, climate when novel was written, etc. (Revisit your assignment on researching background information on the novel).
The topic of your research paper is:
Janie’s Evolution: A Representation of Growth and Independence for Humanity
About Sources:
Academic articles must be taken from JSTOR. All research papers must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (convert to Microsoft Word if paper is in any other mode; for
example, Google docs. Papers should reflect standard essay format.
Tense for Presenting References in the Novel:
Always write in the present tense (when writing about a novel).
Example: Janie (not told) …instead, Janie tells Logan to leave her alone. In other words, reference about the novel (the story) is presented in the present tense.
How to present the Author’s name:
The first and last name of the author is used only once; any other reference of the author is ONLY by the last name.
Example: Zora Neale Hurston classifies Janie’s experiences as life-changing.
Hurston also notes that Janie is a resilient woman.
About Parenthetical Citations:
Parenthetical citations are references of the original sources that are used in a research paper.
Example of parenthetical citation without bookending:
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Logan, Janie’s first husband, calls Janie a “mule that should work all day” (Hurston 24).
Example of parenthetical citation with bookending:
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Logan, Janie’s first husband, calls Janie a “mule that should work all day” (Hurston 24). Logan’s reference to Janie as an animal is a strong indicator of how devalued women were in 1937, which is the year the novel was first published.
Work that is quoted should be bookended. Use the above example as a guide.
About the Works Cited (page):
The entries on the Works Cited (page) must be alphabetized. All sources that are used in the body of the essay must be listed on the Works Cited page. See Text for further breakdown.
About Bookending:
Book ending is simply to explain quotations right after they have been given; in other words, give an appropriate explanation of what you (the writer of the work) think the author that you quoted is saying.
Too Tired? Too Anxious? Need More Time? We’ve got your back.