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ESSAY 2 ENGL 100 Write a 1000-word Essay (plus or minus 100 words) on 1 of the topics below

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ESSAY 2 ENGL 100

Write a 1000-word Essay (plus or minus 100 words) on 1 of the topics below.

Choose 1 (and only 1) of the Elements of Drama below, and analyse how that Element creates meaning or reveals a theme in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (Drama online 1-55).

 

Elements of Drama

•             Setting

•             Language

•             Mode

Write based on Paul Headrick’s writing book and the book based on: Chalykoff, Lisa, et al., eds. The Broadview Introduction to Literature: Drama. Second Edition.

The essay is Analytical essay:

•Introductory paragraph- attention-getting remark, contextualizing information, thesis statement (avoid phrasing a thesis statement as a question)

•The analytical paragraph- claim, primary evidence (short, long, direct or indirect quotations), analysis (avoid mixing evidence and analysis)

•Concluding paragraph- thesis statement, contextualization information, attention-getting remark

 

All Essays must have a clearly defined thesis statement, a logical argument set forth in the body paragraphs with substantial concrete references to the primary source, and a clear conclusion. Essays should focus on students’ own interpretations and close readings of the primary source instead of on other critics’ interpretations in secondary sources. Students must keep within 10% of the 1000-word limit (i.e., all Essays, including quotations, should be between 900 and 1100 words total).

Formatting and Presentation Instructions:

Please adhere to the following special formatting and presentation instructions. Students will lose 2% per violation of these instructions:

•Please use only the Times New Roman font, size 12.

•Please use only 1” margins.

•Please use only Canadian spelling (i.e., not American spelling).

•Please double-space the entire assignment, including all headings, titles, block quotations, and the list of Works Cited.

•Rather than a title page, use the first four lines at the top of the assignment to indicate 1) student’s full name, 2) the instructor’s name, 3) the course code, and 4) the date (please see below).

•Please include a descriptive title for the Essay, centred immediately below the headings (please see below).

•Please number pages on the top, right-hand corner of the page, with surname (please see below).

•Please include a list of Works Cited at the end of the assignment, formatted according to Latest MLA style.