Instructions

Now that you have narrowed your thesis, selected the articles that you will cite in your paper, and become familiar with ways to avoid plagiarism, you are ready to begin drafting and revising your paper as you prepare to submit your final draft.

The following resources will be helpful to you in understanding what the drafting and revision process involves:

1. From Lumen Learning, a brief overview of the writing process:

• Putting it All Together (by Lumen Learning)Links to an external site.

2. Watch the following 11-minute video from Schmoop about the writing process:

• Writing Skills Revision (from Schmoop)Links to an external site.

3. Watch the following 5-minute video on drafting and revising from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) as a review of the stages of the writing process:

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Purdue OWL Vidcast: Drafting and Revising

Duration: 5:30
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4. Look at chapter 8 of this online textbook. The chapter discusses guidelines for literary analysis essays with an example:

• Writing and Literature – Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication (by Tanya Long Bennett)Links to an external site..

5. Watch the following 8-minute You-Tube Video by Mallory Kirkland, which looks at a literary analysis essay step-by-step:

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The Literary Analysis Essay

Duration: 8:28
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6. Here is a page from Lumen Learning with an embedded video on how to write introductions for literary analysis essays: 

• Writing an Introduction to a Literary Analysis Essay Links to an external site.

7. The following page with embedded videos from Lumen learning provides some guidance on writing introductions and conclusions:

• Introductions and Conclusions (by Lumen Learning)Links to an external site.