论文语种：英文

您的研究方向：管理

是否有数据处理要求：否

您的国家：美国

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要求字数：800-1000

论文用途：本科课程论文 BA Assignment

是否需要盲审（博士或硕士生有这个需要）：否

补充要求和说明：MLA格式,根据小说The Lovely Bones写小说内表现出的象征等,参考文献不限,但注明出处,本文为essay,附件为具体要求

English 251:  Introduction to American Literature  Paper #2

      Length: 3-4 pages or 800-1000 words 

Points Possible: 15

Imagery, Symbolism and Theme

As you have learned, imagery in literature refers to descriptions meant to appeal to the senses.  These are used to create texture and tone in writing and include things like metaphor and simile.  Symbolism is related to imagery in that “images” can also have reference to concepts or abstract ideas important to the theme of the work. 

In an organized, thesis driven essay, analyze the imagery and symbolism in the novel The Lovely Bones by:

1) Writing an introduction in which you indicate author and title as well as a thesis statement that indicates your interpretation of the theme of the story

2) Using three to five (3-5) aspects of description (imagery) that the author uses symbolically to enhance the theme of the story.

3) Conclude with a paragraph or two that identifies the significance of using imagery and symbolism in literature.  Also address why you think having a theme makes a piece of writing worthy of being called “literature.”

Write with the assumption that your audience has read the work and therefore does not need a summary.  Use direct quotations sparingly and only with ample commentary and interpretation. Use MLA standards for citing your source, which means you must integrate your quotations into the paragraphs and provide pages numbers in parenthetical citations.

Evaluation Criteria:

15-13 Papers in this range provide an appropriate theme and insightful analysis of how characterization and conflict serve to demonstrate that theme.  These papers also use organized and fully developed paragraphs that demonstrate the relationship between the specific textual examples and the student’s claim.  Few if any writing errors of grammar, syntax or organization exist in these papers.

12-9 Papers in this range generally address the assignment but may have problems with

 including adequate support for the claim or with expressing ideas clearly.  These 

papers may have thoughtful analysis that is undermined by numerous writing 

errors or indications of misunderstanding the requirements of the assignment.(

 

Papers in this range fail to demonstrate the characterization and conflict in a way

 8- 6        that indicates thematic issues.  The paper indicates the student does not 

understand the assignment or fails to address the assigned topics.  

Basically, this is a poorly developed essay or a paper so filled with writing errors 

that the reader is unable to understand it.

0 “No credit” indicates that the paper was not submitted by the due date or that the

 paper was plagiarized in whole or in part.