ENG 125 week 5 Assignment

  

Ashford 6: – Week 5 – Final Paper

 

Final Paper

Write an eight- to ten-page paper, in which you compare and contrast two literary works from this course that share the same theme (using the “Themes & Corresponding Works” list, below, as a guide).  
 

The paper should be organized around your thesis (argument), which is the main point of the entire essay. When developing a thesis for a comparative paper, consider how a comparison of the works provides deeper insight into the topic of your paper (i.e., think about why you have chosen to look at these particular works in relation to one another). In your analysis, consider the relationships among the following elements:

• Content 
• Form (e.g., short story vs. poem) 
• Style 

Assignment Requirements

• Topic: Must address one of the topics in the guidelines 
• Length: Your draft should be eight to ten double-spaced pages      in length (excluding title and reference page) 
• Sources: Utilize at least six scholarly sources to support      your thesis (including the course text and at least two sources from the      Ashford Online Library). 
• APA: Your draft must be formatted to APA (6th edition)      style. 

  Separate Title Page: Must include an original title 
  Separate Reference Page 
  Proper Citations: All sources must be properly cited, both within the       text and in a separate reference page. 

• Elements of Academic Writing:  All academic papers should include these      elements. 

  Introduction with a thesis statement 
  Supporting paragraphs 
  Conclusion 

Themes & Corresponding Works
Choose only two of the works within your selected theme.

• Race / Ethnicity 

  Country Lovers (Gordimer) 
  The Welcome Table (Walker) 
  What It’s Like to Be a Black       Girl (Smith) 
  Child of the Americas (Morales) 

• Gender Roles / Marriage 

  The Secret Life of Walter       Mitty (Thurber) 
  The Story of an Hour (Chopin) 
  The Necklace (de Mauppassant) 
  The Proposal (Chekhov) 
  Country Lovers (Gordimer) 

• Creativity / The Creative Process 

  Poetry (Neruda) 
  Constantly Risking Absurdity (Ferlinghetti) 
  You, Reader (Collins) 

• Death and Impermanence 

  Dog’s Death (Updike) 
  I Used to Live Here Once (Rhys) 
  A Father’s Story (Dubus) 
  Do Not Go Gentle into that       Good Night (Thomas) 
  Nothing Gold Can Stay (Frost) 
  In Memoriam (Tennyson) 
  Because I Could Not Stop for       Death (Dickinson) 

• Nature 

  Wild Geese (Oliver) 
  Dover Beach (Arnold) 
  The Oak (Tennyson) 
  The Road Not Taken (Frost) 

• Symbolism of the Journey 

  The Road Not Taken (Frost) 
  A Worn Path (Welty) 
  I Used to Live Here Once (Rhys) 

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