“The African American Experience in Literature: A Comparative Analysis of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Imo Nse Imeh’s Ten Little Girls”

Paper:  classic essay with an introduction with a clear thesis at the end of the introduction, body, and    conclusion 
Pages: 3-5 pages (with a works cited page)
Type of paper: analysis (on how the texts reflects the African American experience
Literature: first piece contemporary ( book, music, visual art, murals
Literature: second piece is a piece from the textbook that was written before the 1960s.
Top of Paper: your name, En 235 (section online section 1 or 2 ), date, paper number, 12 font, time or                     times new roman, double space
Research:  you need to use 2- 3 research sources 
You cannot use the same source twice
There should not be long quotations from the book in this paper.
The focus is your analysis of the literature.
Cite:  cite correctly using MLA documentation
There is a specific way of writing in-text citations using MLA documentation.
htps://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
What Are In-Text Citations? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5igNRmKLug
MLA In-Text Citations  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTaUHS1mnvw
MLA Works Cited Page  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vo8_Jw71JI
Assessment
to write a classic essay: introduction, body, and conclusion
to write a one sentence thesis as the last sentence of the introduction
to write specific topic sentences that relate to the thesis
to write paragraphs that develops a central idea
to write a concluding sentence that relates to the topic sentence
to distinguish between an introduction and a conclusion
to find literary criticisms ( or other types of criticisms – reviews)
note the grammar
proofread the paper 
Comparing the novel Invisible man by Ralph Ellison to the paintings Ten Little Girls by Imo Nse Imeh
focus on your analysis