Reflective Writing #1: A Character Analysis Minimum Requirements: • Length: 650 words, not including the heading or the Works Cited page. Sources: One (1) primary source. • Documentation: Correct MLA documentation

is expected, including in-text citations and a Works Cited page. If you include any source material without giving proper credit, you risk either earning a zero on the assignment or an F as your final grade in the course. Purpose: Demonstrate that you thoroughly understand the literary term character by analyzing a primary source of fiction or drama. • Skills: o Create an interpretation of a character based on the close reading of a story. o Provide evidence from the primary source to support your interpretation. o Use MLA documentation, including signal phrases, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page. o Connect your analysis to a larger context, such as the time period when the story was written or is set./nIntitled M Question 1- Chapter 9 Homework - Con... Passcode Required - Zoom o Practice the writing process by planning, drafting, revising, and editing your essay. • Knowledge: o Vocabulary terms about character, specifically dynamic, foil, stock characters, plausible, consistent, and sympathetic/unsympathetic. Assignment: Select a character from a a work of fiction or drama covered in Weeks 1, 3, or 4, and write a character analysis that uses the terms and qualities discussed in the Vocabulary sub-module in Vol. D. to describe him or her. You only need to choose one of the following prompts: • Prompt # 1: Argue whether or not the character is static or dynamic. What is significant or meaningful about the ways the character changes (or does not change) over the course of the narrative? • Prompt # 2: Argue whether or not the character is sympathetic. How does the author make us feel sympathy for the character, or why does the character not generate sympathy? ▸ • Prompt # 3: Would the protagonist be better understood as an antihero? If so, make an argument for why that is the case. • Prompt #4: An original topic that focuses on a character analysis. (9) Whats./nUntitled M Question 1- Chapter 9 Homework- Con... Passcode Required - Zoom Whichever prompt you chose, remember that your thesis statement must make a debatable argument based on your interpretation of the character's role in the primary source. elearn.nscc.edu Sources: You must cite material from your chosen primary source to support your analysis. You should not use other sources, and you should be able to complete this paper based upon your opinion and analysis of the primary source alone. Never list any sources on your Works Cited page that you do not use in your paper. Also, you never use (through quotation, paraphrase, or summary) any sources that you then do not cite both in the essay and on the Works Cited page- this is plagiarism and grounds for failing the assignment. Tasks: A strong essay will: • Open with a strong introduction paragraph that catches the reader's attention, includes relevant background information, and ends with your thesis statement. Your thesis should state your interpretation of the character (sympathetic, unsympathetic, static, or dynamic) and main reasons. • Include, at a minimum, two to three well-developed body paragraphs that incorporate quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from the story to support your points. • End with a conclusion that briefly sums up your main ideas and connects your discussion of this character to the culture and values of its time and place Submit Cancel ice with third-person point of view (no "you" or "T" except within direct quotations), and use formal grammar and C/nUntitled M Question 1- Chapter 9 Homework - Con... Passcode Required - Zoom • End with a conclusion that briefly sums up your main ideas and connects your discussion of this character to the culture and values of its time and place. • Use an academic voice with third-person point of view (no "you" or "I" except within direct quotations), and use formal grammar and spelling. • Follow MLA paper formatting guidelines and MLA documentation style (correct source integration, in-text citations, and Works Cited page). Your essay should avoid: elearn.nscc.edu ● 5 C • Biography: You should not use background information on the author or text (from the course Content or the textbook) within body paragraphs. Body paragraphs should discuss evidence from the short story only. You may use background information on the author or text in the introduction or conclusion if it is relevant to your thesis statement. • Plot summary: Assume your reader is familiar with the story; avoid summarizing it or providing an overview; use only the relevant evidence to prove your thesis. Do not provide a "book report." Large copied passages: Quote sparingly; use ellipsis as necessary; avoid using block quotations. Submission Procedures: Do not email your paper. Before the deadline, submit it to the dropbox as one of the following file types: .doc/.docx, .rtf, or .pdf. Note: If you are using Apple Pages, save your file as a PDF. Submit Name the file using your last name and the assignment's title separated by a dash, e.g.: Smith-Character. Then upload it to the Assignment Dropbox for the character assignment. The due date is listed on the course calendar. extraordinary circumstances, no late assignme/nDo not email your paper. Before the deadline, submit it to the dropbox as one of the following file types: .doc/.docx, .rtf, or .pdf. Note: If you are using Apple Pages, save your file as a PDF. Name the file using your last name and the assignment's title separated by a dash, e.g.: Smith-Character. Then upload it to the Assignment Dropbox for the character assignment. The due date is listed on the course calendar. Barring extraordinary circumstances, no late assignments are accepted. Grading Criteria: Your essay will be graded using the standard rubric; please review that before you begin writing your paper. . Content: 30 points • Organization: 25 points • Editing: 20 points Documentation: 25 points Extra help: If you are not sure how to use MLA style, you will find resources in the Getting Started Module, specifically the MLA Formatting Resources sub-module. You may also find the Final Draft Checklist to be helpful in polishing your work. 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