ENGL2327 American Literature I Diagnostic Essay

Diagnostic Essay

Purpose:

•             Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.

•             Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.

•             To familiarize the student with the TurnitIn submission link and how to review comments via TurnitIn.

Literature: “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman

Assignment:

•             What message does Whitman send about the American Spirit in the poem “I Hear America Singing”? Does this same American spirit exist today? Be certain to support your claims with evidence from the poem and modern day life.

Requirements:

•             The essay should be at least one complete page and no longer than two.

•             Thesis statement should be directly stated in the introduction. Please underline or highlight the thesis.

•             Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence.

•             Paper must be written in the present tense

•             3rd person point of view. No “I”, “We”, or “You”

•             The paper must follow MLA guidelines.

?             Standard letter-size (81/2 x 11) paper

?             One inch margins on all sides of paper

?             Double space

?             Font size: 12

?             Font: Times New Roman

?             Last name and pg. number in top right hand corner (header section) of each page.

•             The paper will have a heading which will contain the following information:

Name

Instructor’s Name

Course number (ENGL 2327) Date

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Final Paper Submission:

You will submit your diagnostic essay as one word document via the blackboard turnitin submission link by 11:55 PM Sunday, January 23, 2022.

•             Underline or highlight the thesis statement and the topic sentences in the final paper.

•             The document must be a word document (.doc or .docx) or I will not be able to open it.

Writing Lifelines:

•             Me (S.9.218)

•             The Student Success Center (Blackboard)

Evaluation Criteria:

•             This diagnostic essay will calculate as a discussion board response grade and not as a major essay grade.