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English 10: Step 5: Outline & Précis

Assignment

Craft an outline or précis summarizing your paper’s argument, progression, and evidence. Based on this preparatory work, write a six- to eight-page critical analysis of the work you read. You will develop your own thesis for this paper, and it should draw on one or more of the unifying elements you discovered in your reading of and research about the primary source. You will be expected to include support from your secondary sources within your analysis and to document them according to MLA format.

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