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Activity 1
In preparation for the next phase in building your essay, we are going to pause in the writing process and focus on how to do research for a literary essay. Remember that your final essay will include one primary source and at least one secondary source that will support your thesis. After you have located a secondary source, you will then fill out a Research Summary form, documenting your research. See Activity 5 for how to do this.
Activity 2
Click this link for an explanation of primary and secondary sources.
Take this short quiz (for fun; not graded) on primary and secondary sources.
Activity 3
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Your secondary source for the final research essay will be either a literary critique (also known as a literary article) or a biographical/informational article.
How to find literary databases in the BMCC library:
Click this link for a guide to finding literary articles in the online college library from general or “one-stop” sources.
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Activity 4
If you don’t want to use a literary critique as your secondary source, you may choose to use a biographical article about the author from the BMCC library database Biography in Context.
What is a biographical article?
Sample Biography in Context page (James Joyce)
Sample Biography in Context page (Langston Hughes)
Activity 5
Research Summary Report due: Tuesday, April 4, 11:59 p.m.
To locate the blank Research Summary form, navigate to your Blackboard course. Click on “Essay Submission Links.” Click on “Research Summary Form.” Download the Research Summary Form, fill it out, and submit the form through the submission link. This is not an essay, but it is located with the essays on Blackboard.
Click here to see a Sample Research Summary form.
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Activity 6
Quiz 7
This is a 10-question multiple-choice quiz that checks your understanding of the research summary assignment. Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m., March 27 through 11:59 p.m., Sunday, April 2.
To access the quiz, please navigate to your Blackboard course. On the black navigation panel, click “Links to Quizzes.” Then click the link to Quiz 7.
Activity 7
Click this link for the Week 10 discussion board.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Are Graded.
