Essay #2: The Science Fiction Genre
- Due Mar 3, 2018 by 11:59pm
- Points 100
- Submitting a file upload
- File Types pdf and docx
Upload the final draft of Essay #2 in a .pdf or .docx file.
Be sure to follow the Essay #2: The Science Fiction Genre--Instructions carefully.
See the LBB, section 56, for how to format an MLA essay. See the Essay #2Example.pdf
Put the essay in one file in this order: 1) essay 2) works cited
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1. Essay includes the student's name, date, and title of essay
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2. Essay follows the required outline provided in Essay #2: The Science Fiction Genre--Instructions.
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3. Introduction is clear and effective. Addresses the prompt for this essay, which is how MPI meets the expectation of the science-fiction sub-genre of novels.
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4. Essay has coherent and unified paragraphs with clearly identifiable topic sentences at or near the beginning of each paragraph.
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5. Essay contains clear and abundant examples from the text of how MPI meets the expectations of a science fiction novel.
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6. The conclusion addresses the overall significance of the novel and its theme.
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7. The essay is unified. (All parts belong and the essay does not get off track).
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8. Includes direct quotes from credible secondary sources (outside of MPI) and from the MPI, which are smoothly integrated and correctly cited.
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9. Citations: Correctly formatted page number citations throughout the entire essay. Includes citations for summaries and paraphrases in addition to direct quotes.
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10. Works Cited page correctly formatted with at least four sources (The MPI and a minimum of an additional three non-fiction, secondary sources).
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11. Formatting and readability: 3 pages, typed and double-spaced, presented in MLA format. Writing is error-free and the language is in the tone of formal academic discourse. Use 3rd-person point of view. Followed all of the guidelines in the Analytical Writing Instructions.
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