Walt whitman

• Select an author/artist from the list below as the subject for a 3-4 page research paper. Papers are to be no longer than 4 pages.
• You must see Ms. Repay to request a topic (author/artist) by the due date given. Email requests will not be accepted. Only one (1) student per class per subject.
• Your paper must utilize a minimum of four (4) sources, one of which must be a book. (The textbook does not count as a source).
• Please see the Edline Homepage, click on Library Media Center for a list of school database resources to begin your research. Wikipedia, Answer.com, About.com, etc. are not acceptable sources.
• Your paper must be formatted and cited using MLA style. This includes in-text citations and a Works Cited page. See Edline for MLA help if needed.
• Any paper not uploaded to turnitin will be given a 0.

Anne Bradstreet Ralph Waldo Emerson
Washington Irving Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville Henry David Thoreau
Emily Dickinson Walt Whitman
Langston Hughes Stephan Crane
Ambrose Bierce Mark Twain
Jack London Kate Chopin
Willa Cather T.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck E.E. Cummings
W.H. Auden Zora Neale Hurston
Ernest Hemingway Sherwood Anderson
Edith Wharton William Faulkner
Robert Frost John Updike
Alice Walker Arthur Miller
J.D. Salinger Harriet Beecher Stowe

Correct MLA header (including name/ 5
page numbers in correct location and font).

Body of the paper is in correct MLA 5
format including spacing and margins.

Creative Title 5

Research paper has a well-written 10
introduction that avoids generalizations
and qualifiers.

Research paper has a well-written thesis 5
statement that serves as a road map for
the paper.

Body of work includes well-researched 30
information, is organized and is presented
in formal language without slang or
contractions.

Paper uses quotations from research sources 10
appropriately. No block (40+ words) quotes.

Correct in-text citation format for 10
both actual quotes and paraphrased
information.

Correct Works Cited page 10

Mechanics (spelling, punctuation, 10
capitalization, NO PERSONAL
PRONOUNS)

Papers must be uploaded to Turnitin.com by 8am (May 7, 2015) in order to be accepted for grading. Late papers will lose 10 points per day. After five days the paper is a 0.

Total: 100