ENL 323: Essay 2

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within this paper. I need the template i send to be followed exactly how it says. You can pick one of the five bullet points given. I need one peer edited scholarly artilce on the book Speak. I need other scholarly articles for the other book as well. all articles from the CSI database. I need citations, so please site. Refrence page as well. PLease followe the template exaclty how it is sent. If there is any questions please ask. The two books are THE HAE YOU GIVE and SPEAK

ENL 323: Essay 2

7-8 pages. 35% of your final grade.

Due Date: May 14

In both Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, the protagonists come of age by finding their voices and speaking out against injustice and abuses of power. For your second assignment, write an essay that compares both novels and explores the role that one of following topics plays in the protagonists’ coming of age:

  • Power and Resistance
  • Friendship and Betrayal
  • Trauma and Recovery
  • Silence and Truth Telling
  • Societal Messaging and Adolescent Self-Image

When writing about the novels, you should consider the young adult audience they were written for and think about the messages that the authors want to convey to young people.  

How to Write the Essay

In this essay, you should create an argument in relation to one of the topics listed above. This argument should be expressed in a thesis statement placed in the introduction to your essay. Your thesis should clearly and concisely express both your position and the reasons for your position. As this is a literary analysis paper, your overall argument should be about what the novels say about the topic you are discussing.

In the body of the essay, you should support your thesis statement by closely analyzing the text. Your essay should contain short quotes from the text and secondary sources.

Using Secondary Sources

In this essay, you should engage with at least one secondary source on one or both novels. You should tell the reader how the argument made by the relates to your own argument in the essay. By doing this, you will situate your essay within a wider critical conversation about Young Adult Literature. I have listed some examples of secondary sources you can use on the novels below. Note: At least one of the sources that you use must be peer reviewed.

Alsup, Janet. “Politicizing Young Adult Literature: Reading Anderson's Speak as a Critical                            Text.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 47, no. 2, 2003, pp. 158–66.

Diamond, Anna. “The Hate U Give Enters the Ranks of Great YA Novels.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 29 Mar. 2017, www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/03/the-hate-u-give-angie-thomas-review/521079/.

McGee, Chris. “Why Won't Melinda Just Talk about What Happened? Speak and the Confessional Voice.” Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 172–187.

O'Quinn, Elaine J. “Between Voice and Voicelessness: Transacting Silence in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak.” ALAN Review, vol. 29, no. 1, 2001, pp. 54–58.

All references to the novel and secondary sources must be cited using MLA format.

Resources

You can visit the Writing Center in 2S for peer tutoring. In addition, you can visit Professor Thorne during his office hours on Thursdays between 11 am and 1 pm.

The Purdue OWL website has useful information on writing about fiction: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/writing_about_literature/index.html

Grading Criteria

A strong essay will

  • Demonstrate understanding of the novels and the audience they were written for
  • Contain a convincing but debatable thesis statement and argument
  • Analyze the textual details of the novels to support the thesis
  • Effectively integrate references to at least one secondary source
  • Proceed logically from one paragraph to the next
  • Make appropriate use of sentence structure, word choice, grammar, spelling, and punctuation

 

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