Seniors Only: First Paper Topic (50 points)

This paper is due on Friday, September 19th. Papers need to be submitted as an email attachment to lorrieatkinson@google.com on this date. No paper copies will be accepted. Students who do not submit a paper by this date, will receive ZAP lunch next week. You will receive an opportunity to revise this paper only if it is submitted on time. You are to use MLA format. For a refresher on MLA, follow the link on the bottom of the Blogger page. The length of the paper should be no less than two and no more than four double spaced pages. Use only 12 point New Times Roman font. Papers less than two pages, not in MLA format, or proper font will be penalized. Paper will be graded for content (20 points), format (10 points), punctuation (5 points), sentence structure (5 points), and clarity (10 points).

Topic:

The Prologue of "Canterbury Tales" is a descriptive catalogue of real individuals in the middle ages. Reading the descriptions, you may have noticed similarities to people today. Choose any five characters and compare them to an individual that is living today. You may use celebrities, politicians, or people you know. Support you answers with quotes from the text. (Hint: This text is quoted like poetry and you will need a Works Cited Page with the edition of the book.) The paper must be entirely in your own words. Individuals that copy and paste portions of text that are not properly documented will do this assignment over in the ZAP room. You may not use book note sites such as Cliff notes or Spark Notes. Other sources must be proper academic sources.