Essay for ENG 213: 21st century and everything before Source Material: Reading resources in Units 1 through 5 Viewing resources in Units 1 through 5 Background: You have read, viewed, and discussed resources on different genres and eras of poems and poets as well as resources on how compare and contrast topics effectively. Now, it is time to combine those two subjects into one assignment. Prompt: Choose a poet from the 21st century and compare his/her poems and writing styles to a poet that was presented in Units 1 through 4. Task: Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 5 (Miranda, Angelou, Heaney, Collins). Choose a poet in that is presented in Units 1 through 4. Use the resources available in all the units on writing styles, devices, imagery, and history to create a plan for similarities and differences in your chosen authors’ poems and in their writing styles. You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes these similarities and differences. Be sure to include a supporting section that addresses similarities and differences in the poems (theme, subjects, structure, rhyme scheme) as well as a section that addresses the writing styles (use of imagery and poetic devices). Instructions: Analyze the two poets and their poems for similarities and differences in the poems and in the authors’ writing styles. Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your main answer to the prompt. Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from both stories to support your own ideas. Be sure to format these citations according to APA formatting guidelines. Your audience for this response will be people who have read the poems but not compared and contrasted the elements. This will eliminate the need to summarize or add plot-heavy detail. Compare & Contrast: 21st Century and Everything Before ENG213—Poetry Requirements:  Your response should be 2-3 pages.  Your response should have a properly APA formatted title page.  Your response should have properly formatted in-text citations.  Your response should have a properly formatted reference page  It should also be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, in 12 point font and with 1 inch margins.  Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as “I,” “you,” “we,” etc.  Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use internal citations for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information. Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you write. Rubric for Compare and Contrast of Poets and Poems Does Not Meet Expectatio ns 0-11 Below Expectatio ns 12-13 Needs Improveme nt 14-15 Satisfactory 16-17 Meets Expectatio ns 18-20 Thesis Statement (Controlling Idea) Thesis is not present. Thesis is confusing, vague or unclear. Thesis is loosely related to the paper or not present. Thesis is attempted with little .

1. Essay for ENG 213: 21st century and everything before
Source Material:
Reading resources in Units 1
through 5 Viewing resources in
Units 1 through 5
Background:
You have read, viewed, and discussed resources on different
genres and eras of
poems and poets as well as resources on how compare and
contrast topics
effectively. Now, it is time to combine those two subjects into
one assignment.

2. Prompt:
Choose a poet from the 21st century and compare his/her
poems and writing
styles to a poet that was presented in Units 1 through 4.
Task:
Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 5 (Miranda, Angelou,
Heaney, Collins).
Choose a poet in that is presented in Units 1 through 4.
Use the resources available in all the units on writing styles,
devices,
imagery, and history to create a plan for similarities and
differences in your
chosen authors’ poems and in their writing styles.
You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes these
similarities and
differences. Be sure to include a supporting section that
addresses similarities
and differences in the poems (theme, subjects, structure, rhyme
scheme) as
well as a section that addresses the writing styles (use of
imagery and poetic
devices).
Instructions:
Analyze the two poets and their poems for similarities and

3. differences in the
poems and in the authors’ writing styles.
Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your
main
answer to the prompt.
Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from both stories to support
your own
ideas. Be sure to format these citations according to APA
formatting
guidelines.
Your audience for this response will be people who have read
the poems but
not compared and contrasted the elements. This will eliminate
the need to
summarize or add plot-heavy detail.
Compare & Contrast: 21st Century and Everything Before
ENG213—Poetry
Requirements:
-3 pages.
response should have a properly APA formatted title
page.
-text
citations.
page
Roman, in 12 point font

4. and with 1 inch margins.
-person, objective voice, avoiding personal
pronouns such as
“I,” “you,” “we,” etc.
internal citations
for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information.
Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you
write.
Rubric for Compare and Contrast of Poets and Poems
Does Not
Meet
Expectatio
ns 0-11
Below
Expectatio
ns 12-13
Needs
Improveme
nt 14-15

5. Satisfactory
16-17
Meets
Expectatio
ns 18-20
Thesis
Statement
(Controlling
Idea)
Thesis is
not
present.
Thesis is
confusing,
vague or
unclear.
Thesis is
loosely
related to the
paper or not
present.
Thesis is
attempted with
little relation to
the overall
topic.
Some
supporting

6. details missing.
Thesis is
present and
relates to the
majority of the
paper.
Thesis is
organized and
focused on the
paper. It
includes all
main points
and uses
active voice to
state the
position.
Content,
Rhetorical
Mode, and
Purpose
No points of
comparison or
contrast
present; ideas
in essay do
not relate to or
support the
topic.
Points of
comparison
and contrast

7. are present,
but not fully
developed or
organized;
essay shows
some
organization
but may not
be in block-by-
block or point-
by point
format. Little
to no analysis
of information
present.
Points of
comparison
and contrast
are present but
limited in their
development
or
organization;
essay shows
some
organization
but may not be
in block-by-
block or point-
by point
format.
Minimal
analysis of
information
present.

8. Points of
comparison
and contrast
are present
and
developed;
essay is
organized and
follows block-
by- block or
point-by- point
structure.
Analysis
present but
may not be
fully
developed.
Detailed,
specific, and
supported
points of
comparison
and contrast
are consistent
and follow
block-by-
block or point-
by- point
structure.
Fully
developed
analysis.
Textual

9. Support and
Integration of
Information
Does not
include text
support
and/or text
support is not
cited.
Very little
evidence is
given and used
in the essay
properly.
Evidence may
not relate to
the thesis
statement.
Evidence is
cited but not
cited properly.
Some
evidence is
given and
used in the
essay
properly.
Evidence is
somewhat
related to the
thesis
statement.
Evidence may

10. or may not
always
Evidence is
tied to specific
evaluation
criteria.
Evidence is
mostly tied to
the thesis
statement and
used properly
and is cited
properly.
Evidence is tied
to specific
evaluation
criteria and the
thesis
statement.
Evidence is
used effectively
and cited
properly.
cited properly.
Grammar,
Mechanics,
and Voice
Grammar and
mechanics’

11. errors make
the essay
incomprehensib
le.
Grammar,
spelling,
punctuation,
and
mechanics
errors occur
throughout
document,
and/or
consistent
misuse
of third
person
voice.
Several errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
spelling and
mechanics
present
and/or
inconsistent
use
of third
person
voice.
Some spelling,
grammar,
punctuation

12. and
mechanical
errors are
evident, and/or
some errors in
using third
person voice
Free of
punctuation,
spelling,
grammar, and
other
mechanical
errors.
Consistent use
of third person
voice.
APA
Format
APA format is
not followed.
Errors evident
in all of the
areas: 1 inch
margins,
correctly
formatted title
page, correctly
Errors evident
in three to four
of the areas of:

13. 1 inch margins,
correctly
formatted title
page, correctly
Errors evident
in one to two
of the areas
of: 1 inch
margins,
correctly
formatted title
page, correctly
Free of errors
in: 1 inch
margins,
correctly
formatted title
page,
correctly
formatted
formatted
reference
page, double
spacing,
Times New
Roman,12
font.
formatted
reference
page, double
spacing,
Times New

14. Roman, 12
font.
formatted
reference
page, double
spacing,
Times New
Roman, 12
font.
reference
page, double
spacing,
Times New
Roman, 12
font.
*A zero can be earned if the above criteria are not met.
*Plagiarism will result in a zero.