1. Senior Critical Paper

2. Past & Present
On the back of your paper, write a sentence or two about your general feeling towards THIS critical paper.
Are you worried about anything in particular?
Do your past experiences with the critical paper worry you?
What will you do differently this time around?

3. Some Quick Facts 3-4 pages long 150 points total
Must print out/save 2 critical articles from databases
6 primary quotes
3 secondary quotes
Paper is due December 14, 2017

4. Effective/ineffective Techniques
On your paper, please rank some of the following techniques.
Use a 1-5 scale (1 least helpful, 5 most helpful).
Outline?
Peer Review?
Complete Rough Draft?
15-20 notecards?
Database instruction in library?

5. Test your skills

6. In-text Citations (MLA)
Which is correct? a. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (Hentoff 163). b. An interviewer explains that country musician Merle Haggard “is not happy about much that is currently being packaged as ‘country.’ He will name no names but is manifestly disgusted by most of what’s on the charts” (163).

7. Works Cited (MLA)
What’s wrong here? Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May Web. 24 May Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May Web. 25 May Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May Web. 25 May Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June Web. 24 May 2009.

8. What’s a primary source?

9. What’s a secondary source?
Any critical, peer-reviewed article found on one of our databases here at NP.
We’ll talk about how to access these secondary sources tomorrow (you’ll need to find 2 of these articles)

10. What should my topic be?
Topic should be arguable. If you can’t argue against your topic, then it’s not a suitable topic for your paper.

11. Possible Topics for Jekyll and Hyde
* In the novella, Stevenson uses three symbols to reveal man’s dual nature. * In the novella, Stevenson explores addiction and accountability for one’s actions when under the influence. * In the novella, Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde personify Freud’s id, ego, and superego. * In the novella, Stevenson’s characters both conform to and break Victorian Era conventions including blank, blank, and blank.

12. Quick Run-down of CHAPTERS
Ch. 1: Enfield and Utterson discuss Hyde for the first time.
Ch. 2: Utterson retrieves will with Hyde stipulations; visits Lanyon and questions Poole about Hyde.
Ch. 3: Jekyll hosts dinner party; Utterson makes promise.
Ch. 4: Danvers Carew is murdered by Hyde; Utterson and Officer Newcomen inspect Hyde’s home.
Ch. 5: Jekyll promises Utterson that Hyde has gone into hiding and won’t be seen again. Utterson suspects forgery.
Ch. 6: Dr. Lanyon is dying and receives envelope with instructions not to open until after Jekyll’s death/disappearance.
Ch. 7: Utterson and Enfield view a distraught Dr. Jekyll from the doctor’s own window.
Ch. 8: Poole begs Utterson to help him open door to Jekyll’s cabinet. They find Hyde dead and a revised will.
Ch. 9: Lanyon’s letter of events.
Ch. 10: Jekyll’s narrative of events.

13. For Today… Choose a topic for your critical paper.
Write a three-pronged thesis statement.
Here’s an example of a three-pronged thesis statement from a different piece of literature…
In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Macbeth, the title character’s tragic flaw of ambition is coaxed along at first by the prophecies of the Weird Sisters, then by Lady Macbeth, and finally by his own delusions of power and paranoia.

14. Goal for tomorrow Go directly to library, please do not be late!
Find at least 2 articles related to your topic/thesis
Print out those 2 articles (you don’t have to, but I highly suggest it)