Essay for ENG Unit 3: Breaking out Poet Study Source Material: Resources in Unit 3 Research sources Background: In Unit 3, you have read, viewed, and discussed resources on authors who have broken out of their traditional styles and formats. Prompt: Choose one of the authors from Unit 3 and research how your author “broke away” from his/her previously accepted norms of poetry writing. You will need to have at least two outside sources (in addition to the poetry sources) that you will incorporate into your response. These sources must be valuable and reliable. Task: Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 3 (Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, or Dickenson) Use the resources available and at least two research resources and analyze how your chosen author’s writing style and poems break away from the norms that were followed prior to his/her break out poetry You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes this prompt. Be sure to include information on o The structures, themes, and writing styles that were the norm prior to your author. o How your chosen author broke away from this norm. Use both your resources and text examples from the poems to support your response. Instructions: Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your main answer to the prompt. Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from researched sources and poetry sources to support your own ideas. Be sure to format these citations according to APA formatting guidelines. Remember that these sources need to be valid and reliable. Your audience for this response will be people who are familiar with the author and his/her poems, but have not researched how the author broke away from the prior norms. This will eliminate the need to summarize or add plot-heavy detail. Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking out Poet Study 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 the Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking Out Poet Study Does Not Meet Expectation s 0-11 Meet Expectation s 12-13 Needs Improveme nt 14-15 Satisfactor y 16-17 Meets Expectation s 18-20 Approach/Struct ure The essay does not have a clear approach and the structure is varied so that the essay information cannot be understood. The essay’s approach is confu.

1. Essay for ENG Unit 3: Breaking out Poet Study
Source Material:
Resources in Unit
3 Research
sources
Background:
In Unit 3, you have read, viewed, and discussed resources on
authors who have
broken out of their traditional styles and formats.
Prompt:

2. Choose one of the authors from Unit 3 and research how your
author “broke
away” from his/her previously accepted norms of poetry
writing.
You will need to have at least two outside sources (in addition
to the poetry
sources) that you will incorporate into your response. These
sources must be
valuable and reliable.
Task:
Choose a poet that is presented in Unit 3 (Whitman, Emerson,
Thoreau, or Dickenson)
Use the resources available and at least two research resources
and analyze
how your chosen author’s writing style and poems break away
from the norms
that were followed prior to his/her break out poetry
You will be writing a 2-3 page essay that analyzes this prompt.
Be sure to
include information on
o The structures, themes, and writing styles that were the norm
prior
to your author.
o How your chosen author broke away from this norm. Use both
your
resources and text examples from the poems to support your
response.

3. Instructions:
Write a 2-3 page essay with a thesis statement that asserts your
main
answer to the prompt.
Use ideas, paraphrases, and quotes from researched sources and
poetry
sources to support your own ideas. Be sure to format these
citations according
to APA formatting guidelines. Remember that these sources
need to be valid
and reliable.
Your audience for this response will be people who are familiar
with the
author and his/her poems, but have not researched how the
author broke
away from the prior norms. This will eliminate the need to
summarize or
add plot-heavy detail.
Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking out Poet Study
ENG213—Poetry
Requirements:
-3 pages.
APA formatted title
page.
-text

4. citations.
page
Roman, in 12 point font
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 the Literary Analysis Essay: Breaking Out Poet
Study
Does Not
Meet
Expectation
s 0-11
Meet
Expectation

5. s 12-13
Needs
Improveme
nt 14-15
Satisfactor
y
16-17
Meets
Expectation
s 18-20
Approach/Struct
ure
The essay
does not have
a clear
approach and
the structure is
varied so that
the essay
information

6. cannot be
understood.
The essay’s
approach is
confusing/ha
rd and/or
the
structure is
limited.
The essay
has an
adequately
clear
approach
and/or varies
often in
structure,
making the

7. information
difficult to
follow.
The essay
has a clear
approach
and/or is
generally well
organized.
Some
variations
might pull the
reader’s
attention.
The essay has
a clear
approach and is
effectively
organized.

8. Thesis
Statement
There is no
thesis
statement
present in the
pitch.
The thesis
statement
is
attempted
but unclear
and hard to
follow.
The poetic
thesis
statement is
present with
some areas

9. that could be
clarified.
The thesis
statement is
present and
generally
easy to
follow.
The thesis
statement is
present, clear,
and easy to
follow.
Textual
Support and
Integration of
Information
Textual support

10. is not present or
no sources are
indicated.
Very little
textual
support is
given and
integrated
properly.
Textual
support may
not relate to
the thesis
statement.
Very few
sources are
present in
the pitch.

11. Some textual
support is
given and
integrated
properly.
Sources
are
somewhat
related to
the thesis
statement,
but more
appropriate
sources
could
be used.
The required
sources are

12. present and
generally
relate to the
thesis.
Sources are
directly related
to the thesis.
Sources are
logical and will
serve the
writer’s purpose
well.
APA
Format
APA format is
not followed.
Few APA
conventions
are followed,

13. and may be
incorrectly
formatted.
Some APA
conventions
are followed,
although not
always
correctly.
APA
conventions
followed with
some errors
evident
throughout.
Free of many to
all errors in
APA
conventions.

14. Grammar and
Mechanics
Grammar and
mechanics’
errors make the
essay
incomprehensibl
e.
Grammar,
spelling,
punctuation,
and
mechanics
errors occur
throughout
document.
Word

15. choices are
seldom
academic.
Sentence
structure may
Several
errors in
grammar,
punctuation,
spelling and
mechanics
present.
Word choice
reveals some
understandin
g of
academic
language
requirements.

16. Some
spelling,
grammar,
punctuation
and
mechanical
errors are
evident.
Academic
language is
upheld. The
sentence
structure is
often logical
and
Free of
punctuation,
spelling,
grammar, and

17. other mechanical
errors.
Consistent use
of academic
word choices.
Sentence
structure is
mostly logical
and clear.
be illogical
or unclear.
Many
sentence
structure
issues exist.
clear so that
relationships
among ideas

18. are
established.