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.

· Compare authors’ intent in short story, play, or poem.

Using the Track A (gender) or Track B (class and economics) in America, prepare a comparison and contrast outline that you will use to write your final essay (Project Four).Tennis Match Outline: This outline shows a comparison and contrast essay designed as a tennis match. Just like the game of tennis, you will bounce your topic from one point to the next, alternating from one topic to another. Please use the sample outline below to help guide your writing (see sample Tennis-Match Outline in Learning Materials)

 

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.

To find academic sources, use any of the following databases found in the Cybrary: Masterfile Premier, Academic Search Premier, Credo Reference, Lexis Nexis Academic, Pro-Quest Learning Literature, and E-Book