P2 Essay

100 pts.

Due 4/22

1500 - 2500 words (no filler!)

P2 style

Typed, double-spaced

Title page, body, bibliography

Formal, formal, formal

MLA format

Graded on P2 rubric

Based on EITHER your first (Faustus+) or second (Cherry Orchard+) practice paper

You must use the feature assigned to you for that paper, but your revised work may be dramatically improved (and quite different) from the original.

Those who do CO may c/c with EITHER Faustus or Othello (regardless of what was assigned or used in the practice session)

Open-book, open note

Parenthetical documentation (quotes AND paraphrases), and obviously a bibliography (note that parentheticals are NOT expected on your actual P2)

Outside sources/critics are neither needed nor encouraged, but if you use a pithy quote from somewhere...Cite it! (Infotrac or comparable only, NO whiffy URLs)

FULLY develop claim with AMPLE evidence. Decide based on the feature/s you discuss whether you need direct quotes or just specific text evidence (paraphrase/summary).

Typed, double-spaced, spell-checked, proofed within an inch of its (and your) life.

No frou-frou fonts. 10-12 pt. serif best. Observe page margins. See syllabus for manuscript formats.

NO filler! transitions and eloquence, fine – but if there's verbiage that doesn't "earn" something on the P2 rubric, what's it for?

Two-part title (Short Catchy Grabber: Longer, More Sedate, Explanatory Descriptor Referencing Literary Feature)

Complete header and title on first page of body

Name and page number in header on remaining pages of body

To turn in:

Title page, body, bibliography

BOTH original practice papers (in-class writes)

IMPORTANT!: Do skill practice for ALL errors identified in BOTH practice papers

This is the FINAL formal analytic paper for your English 12IB course (although you will be analyzing and writing about your independent lit work).

Think of the P2 Essay as the FIRST paper of your college career, and show me—or your professor—what you can do.