Tennis-Match Outline
For this Project, you will write a Tennis-Match Outline that will later become the Project Four Research Essay. Your thesis statement for this essay should do the following:
· Compare gender or class and how it is handled in short story, play or poem.
· Compare authors’ use of form and/or content in short story, play, or poem.
Instructions:
To help you plan your outline and thesis statement, it is important that you also have each of the following in your essay:
· topic sentences for each of your points re elements of fiction
· evidence or examples from the works themselves and from outside academic sources (i.e., literary journals and texts) that justify your position
· a conclusion that ties all of your ideas together
· in-text citations and a reference list of three sources in proper APA style, including at least two academic sources to support your argument.
o Sources may derive from a literary journal or a critical text. Please note that when conducting any research for this course, the following sources are NOT acceptable: Wikipedia, answers.com, about.com, and sparknotes.com.