Presubmission Report
Your presubmission report should be about three pages long. The more work you put into this, the more helpful I can be. The idea is that I am asking you to show me all the ingredients you plan to put into your paper. While I do want to see a fully fleshed-out thesis paragraph, I'm not asking for all the transitions and connective material -- just the bare ideas and the quotes from your sources (primary and secondary) that you plan to use in order to develop your argument.
As your paper develops, feel free to add, remove, or completely change any of the elements you have included in this presubmission report.
As your paper develops, feel free to add, remove, or completely change any of the elements you have included in this presubmission report.
1) A full thesis paragraph. A thesis has a limited subject, precise opinion, and reasoning blueprint. The reasoning blueprint, most simply put, is your list of the subpoints that you want to address; but instead of just saying "I will talk about A, B, C, and D," try instead to link them logically: "The author's attempts to do A backfire because of B, but her attempts to do C and D are more successful." or "At first glance, there are so many instances of A in the story that the story seems to make claim B, but a closer look at C shows that A and C together make the claim D."
2A) Quotes from your literary source in favor of your thesis.
2B) Quotes from your literary source that work against your thesis.
3A) At least one quote from an academic source that support your thesis.
3B) At least one quote from an academic source that works against your thesis.
4) A preliminary conclusion.
5) MLA-style Works Cited list. (For all sources you use in your presubmission, and additional sources if you would like me to give you my opinion on the usefulness/credibility of the source.)
6) A brief, informal assessment of where you feel you are, and what kind of help you feel you need from me in order to do your best work.
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