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Termpaper:  Readings

Review process of writing about literature:

Penguin Handbook Ch. 22 Writing about Literature, pp. 271-280.
Be careful to pick an arguable topic.  It must not be a simple observation
but something another reader could argue against!

NOTE:   Now that there have been two guided reading assignments, you
may pick any text from the LITERATURE textbook.  Or, if a short text,
you may pick one from outside the LITERATURE text for the term paper.

Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing: Read how to map a strategy for
this longer termpaper.

Ch. 2:  Writing about Literature, pp. 19-34.
Ch. 3:  Writing about Fiction, pp. 52-53.

Options to consider:

Writing about other genres:

Ch. 12: Writing about Poetry, pp. 581-584.
Ch. 21: Writing about Drama, pp. 960-966.

Library and Internet Research:

Penguin Handbook Ch. 17, pp. 187-215.

Writing the research project:

Penguin Handbook Ch. 20, pp. 223-232.

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