Option 1- Researched Analysis. You must use at least three reliable sources in addition to one or more of the literary works we have discussed in the course.
At least two of your sources must be from outside the class. Your researched analysis, which is to be approximately 1000-1,500(this is a guide) words in length
Comparison/contrast of one of the works we read or approved by me or one of the films we watched or approved by me with the actual legal case upon which the work is based.
FINAL ESSAY CHECKLIST
- DO YOU HAVE A CLEAR THESIS IN YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH?
- DOES YOUR THESIS INCLUDE THE SPECIFIC WORKS YOU WILL DISCUSS? (EXAMPLE: “IN INHERIT THE WIND AND TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE SMALL-TOWN SETTING SHAPES THE WAY THE LEGAL SYSTEM WORKS.”)
- DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST 1 SOURCE FROM THE LIBRARY DATABASE? YOU SHOULD USE AN ACADEMIC STYLE SOURCE. THAT SOURCE CAN BE FROM OUR READINGS OR YOU MAY FIND A NEW SOURCE. REMEMBER THAT AN ACADEMIC STYLE SOURCE IS USUALLY AT LEAST 6 PAGES AND HAS REFERENCES.
- DID YOU LIST THE MATERIALS FROM THE COURSE IN YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE? IN THE ABOVE EXAMPLE, YOU WOULD LIST INHERIT THE WIND AND TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
- DO YOU HAVE 3 RELIABLE SOURCES (AT LEAST 1 MUST BE AN ACADEMIC STYLE SOURCE) ?
- DO YOU USE MLA FORMAT STYLE CITATIONS? DID YOU CHECK THE PURDUE OWL? REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST LIST SOURCES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE LAST NAME OF THE AUTHOR.
- DO YOU HAVE IN TEXT CITATIONS? YOU MUST CITE ANYTIME YOU QUOTE OR PARAPHRASE. MLA FORMAT INTEXT CITATIONS USUALLY CONSIST OF THE LAST NAME OF AN AUTHOR AND A PAGE NUMBER, WHEN YOU HAVE A PAGE NUMBER. CHECK THE PURDUE OWL.
- DID YOU DISCUSS THE WORKS IN THE ORDER YOU MENTION THEM?
- DO YOU ONLY SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU NEED TO ANALYZE?
- DID YOU PROOFREAD YOUR ESSAY?
