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Dr. Mark Jordan ~ ENGL 1302:
Composition & Literature
The Process of Writing about Literature
This page is, in essence, a brief and highly
focused textbook for this course. Below are links to roughly a
dozen areas or topics which I lecture on in a traditional on-campus
class. You should rely heavily on the links below for every
major assignment you will submit.
The links are arranged in
a chronological sequence, according to when you will need each skill
or piece of knowledge.
Note:
The first three links are your most basic analytical tools in this
course. Both the Fiction and Drama units and their
assigned readings will make much more sense to you if you read
these links first.
- Theme
-
Eight Basic Literary Devices
- An Interpretive Strategy for Fiction
and Drama
Note: The following link will help you study for all
the major tests of the course, which are the Fiction test, the
Drama test, and the Poetry Test/Final Exam. All major
tests have a significant essay component.
- What to Expect on Major Tests
Note:
The next three links pertain to the Fiction Essay assignment.
However, the links will make more sense to you if you first read that
assignment, by clicking on the link to it in the above sentence.
Note that the link to the assignment will not be activated until
posted on Blackboard.
- An Outline for Writing about Literature
- How to Include Direct Quotes in Essays
- A Sample Fiction Essay
Note:
The next four links pertain to the Research Paper assignment.
As with the previous group of links, the links below will make more sense to you if you first read that
assignment, by clicking on the link to it in the above sentence.
This link also will not be activated until the assignment is
posted on Blackboard.
- Research Techniques
- MLA Citation of Research
- A Sample Works Cited Page
-
How to Quote from a Secondary Source
Note: The last
two links pertain to the third and last unit of the course,
Poetry. You will be tested on this unit as 20% of your
final exam. The poems you will read will make more sense
to you if you read these links first.
- Poetic Terms and Devices
- An Interpretive Strategy for Poetry
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