Beyond the Waters of Death

Beyond the Waters of Death

Title     to be determined         Prefered Language style         English (U.S.)

Type of document       Essay   Number of pages/words          2 Pages Double Spaced (approx 275 words per page)

Subject area     English            Academic Level          Undergraduate

Style    MLA   Number of sources/references 1

Order description:

My article is about “Beyond the Waters of Death”

Works Cited

ACOCELLA, JOAN. “Beyond the Waters of Death.” New Yorker, vol. 95, no. 42, Oct. 2019, pp. 72–77. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=138947662&site=lrc-plus.

Your complete analysis should be at least 500 words in length.

Analysis

In your analysis, you should clearly identify the author’s thesis and main points by SUMMARIZINGthe article. Your summary should be no more than 150 words.

You should then provide a critique of these main points and EXPLAIN how this article’s argument is relevant or convincing to you (or not), and why.

You should also include in this analysis a QUOTE and a PARAPHRASE from the article, with appropriate in-text citations.

MLA Style

Your paper must be formatted according to MLA format (this includes having a header, double spacing, etc.)

All quotations, paraphrases and summaries MUST be cited using MLA format.

You must include a works-cited page at the end of your paper.

For more information about MLA style, you should view the Purdue OWL’s pages on MLA: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html.

Mechanics, Grammar, and Punctuation

All written assignments should be mechanically and grammatically correct with proper punctuation.

For more information on each of these, you should view the Purdue OWL’s General Writing Resources page: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/general_writing_introduction.html

Structure

The introduction should include a clear thesis statement. It should also clearly identify the title of the article you’ve chosen and the author’s name.

Each body paragraph should have a clear topic sentence that relates back to the thesis. The information in each paragraph should relate to the topic sentence. In the body paragraphs, you may want to focus on individual points made by the author.