The third Mini Project is
due Friday, March 28. It is designed to get you well on your way to finishing
an excellent Monsters Conference essay.
As you know, you will be writing a 10 page (minimum), double-spaced,
thesis driven research paper that critically examines the role monstrosity
plays in your group’s topic of choice.
(For all the paper details, see the Bulletins page at the Course
website, http://www.class.uidaho.edu/monsters2
)
In preparing for this paper,
you will need to a significant amount of research, both on-line and in the
library. The third Mini Project gives
you an early deadline for some of the more important preparatory studies you
complete as you work your way toward a draft of your long essay. The third Mini Project consists of three
parts:
·
Outline: You will need to submit a detailed outline that presents the
structure of your essay as you conceive of it by late March. This should be roughly 2 pages,
single-spaced, and it should reflect a significant amount of thought about your
aspect of your group’s topic. (30 pts.)
·
Annotated Bibliography: As indicated in the “Monsters Conference Paper
Assignment” handout, you should use at least 8 sources in preparing your long
essay. An annotated bibliography is a
set of commentaries on your sources. It
should include source citations that conform to MLA style, and following each
should be at least a paragraph of text that (a) summarizes the main point(s) of
the source, as they pertain to your paper, and (b) indicates what you plan to
use from the source in your essay. (30
pts.)
·
Argument Essay: The paper you prepare will be a 10 page, thesis driven
research paper. This means that you
will be making a claim concerning your aspect of the topic, and your paper will
supply the reader with evidence for that claim. In other words, you will engage in critical thinking and develop
an argument for the claim you make.
You should aim to construct an argument that convinces your reader (and
your listener) of the truth of your claim.
This essay should be 2 pages in length and should consist of three
sections. The first section should
supply the reader with a clear sense of the nature of your long paper and the
main claim (i.e., thesis) that you will defend. The second section should include a summary
statement of the reasons why you believe this claim is true. These reasons should be presented in an
orderly fashion that conducts your reader from an intuitive or factual starting
point to your conclusion. The third
section should present possible objections to your thesis that you will counter
in your longer paper. (40 pts.)
All told, you should submit
about 6 to 7 pages of work.