Your task for the paper is to elaborate how this artifact makes an important contribution to the course of U.S. Literature and Multiculturalism in the 20th and 21st Centuries supported by evidence from your critical analysis of it.
The paper will be graded according to the rubric and needs to contain the following components:
- An overall introduction to the artifact. What is the artifact and who created it? When was it created? What was the context of its creation, presentation, and/or circulation?
- A thesis statement. How, overall, do you think that the artifact contributes to multiculturalism or antiracism?
- Evidence for your thesis drawn from your critical analysis of the artifact. What is significant to notice about the artifact at the levels of both style and content? How does this evidence support your thesis?
Paper Format: 4-6 double-spaced pages, 12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, page numbers, formatted according to MLA guidelines
Rubric
Central Purpose: Are the reasons for your writing clear? Does your writing fully respond to the assignment prompt? Are the main ideas presented in your writing clearly communicated? Is the writing persuasive?
Details: Do you offer sufficient details or examples that are both relevant and effective in developing and supporting your central purpose (the main ideas of your writing)?
Fullness: Does your writing fully accomplish its central purpose? Does it successfully connect examples, evidence, or other information to the writing's central purpose through analysis orexplanation? Is the writing substantial enough to thoroughly communicate its main ideas to the audience?
Presentation: Is your paper edited and spell-checked? Have you reviewed verb tense agreement, punctuation, and other grammatical elements? Have you followed all guidelines pertaining to formatting, citation standards, and other rules of appearance?
Writing an analyzing paper about Jacob Lawrence's paingting Interior Scene related to the theme multiculturalism and antiracism