Paper Length: 750 words minimum
Documentation/Style: Follow MLA guidelines
Paper Structure: The paper should have FIVE clearly identifiable parts: title, introduction, body, conclusion, and Works Cited.
Contains a title
Introduction (100 words minimum):
An identifiable strategy to catch the reader’s attention
May provide information about the author if relevant – If the author’s life is not relevant to the work you are discussing, do not use. For example, if you were discussing gender in The Great Gatsby, you would not discuss the birth of Fitzgerald or the number of works he wrote, etc. in the introduction because it would not be relevant to gender.
Provide brief summary of the plot and theme
Three-point thesis statement (must be the final sentence of the introduction paragraph)
Body of Paper (550 words minimum):
Conclusion (100 words minimum):
• Restates (not repeats) the thesis
Works Cited: (if applicable)
Includes any citations of sources used in the paper
Last page of the paper, which is separate from the rest of the paper
ABC order
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