Write an essay about The Great Gatsby and the American Dream
All of these requirements must be met in order to receive a grade of a C or higher for the assignment.
An interesting and informative title
An introductory paragraph that identifies your primary text and establishes an explicit statement in your introductory paragraph that makes a claim about your text’s message and its impact on our understanding of the American experience/identity
An awareness of audience, purpose, and context
An appropriate voice, tone, style, and level of formality
An analysis of argumentative strategies and/or persuasive appeals present in your primary text
Development and support of a compelling idea through relevant and thorough exploration of one (and only one) primary text
Development and support that incorporates ideas and evidence from two (and only two) secondary sources
An identifiable structure, including introduction, coherent paragraphs, and conclusion
Appropriate conventions for structure and paragraphing
Appropriate mechanics and format
Effective use of syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
Proper MLA documentation of primary text and secondary sources in both the body of the essay AND on a Works Cited page
At least three direct quotes from the primary text (unless the primary text is a painting/sculpture or some other work that does not contain written text)
At least one direct quote from each secondary source
Appropriate textual conventions for incorporating ideas from sources, e.g., introducing and incorporating quotations; quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing
A minimum of 1,000 words (not including quoted material or the Works Cited page)
