Select one of these two topics and
write a four-page paper on it. Your essay should be at least 800 words.
1) Please
read all the excerpts from Beowulf
that we did not read and discuss in class.
Write an essay in which you analyze certain aspects of the text of
interest to you. You should only analyze the excerpts from Beowulf that
we did not read and discuss in class.
Excerpts
not read: Feast at Heorot, Celebration at Heorot, Another celebration at
Heorot, Beowulf returns home, and the dragon wakes
2) Read
any five Shakespearean sonnets that we did not read in class and analyze them.
Sonnets not read in
class: 1, 3, 12, 15, 19, 20, 23, 33, 55, 60, 62, 65, 71, 73, 80, 85, 87, 93,
94, 97, 105, 106, 129, 130, 135, 138, 144, 147, and 152
Please note the following:
1) Remember
to document any sources using MLA style.
2) You
will be required to read one peer-reviewed article for this paper. You should
reference your peer-reviewed article in your essay. Please also cite your peer-reviewed article
and your primary sources (either the five sonnets or Beowulf) in the
bibliography of your essay.
3) Rubric
can be found below.
4) Your
essay should have a thesis statement which explains what you will be analyzing
in your essay and why you are analyzing this topic. You should include
citations from the primary source(s) which you should explain in the essay.
Rubric:
Correctly addresses
the question and creates an argument
Points:
0 (0.00%)
7.5 (7.50%)
15 (15.00%)
22.5 (22.50%)
30 (30.00%)
Organization (analyzes
the text; quotations from the text; concluding paragraph; grammar)
0 (0.00%)
5 (5.00%)
10 (10.00%)
15 (15.00%)
20 (20.00%)
Peer Reviewed Article
0 (0.00%)
3.75 (3.75%)
7.5 (7.50%)
11.25 (11.25%)
15 (15.00%)
Uses MLA style
0 (0.00%)
1.25 (1.25%)
2.5 (2.50%)
3.75 (3.75%)
5 (5.00%)
Topic Sentences
0 (0.00%)
5 (5.00%)
10 (10.00%)
15 (15.00%)
20 (20.00%)
Thesis statement
0 (0.00%)
2.5 (2.50%)
5 (5.00%)
7.5 (7.50%)
10 (10.00%)