25 Aug Essay #3Purpose: In Essay #2, we practiced our close reading

Essay #3Purpose: In Essay #2, we practiced our close reading and argument skills by analyzing the relationship between words and meaning in the soliloquy of Hamlet. Essay #3 will further hone our critical analysis skills and close reading skills by considering how image, meaning, word, choice and diction add to a poem’s meaning.Required Texts: Your essay must incorporate one poem we have read in class.What this means? In your essay, you should explore the theme of the the poem? What’re the literary devices/poetic devices that you see in the poem? How/why do these literary devices/poetic devices contribute to the poem’s overall theme?Sample Thesis: Topic +Opinion +Reasons Why(Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Less Traveled’ expresses the theme of indecision through his use of rhyme, imagery, metaphor )Writing Task: After carefully reading the required texts and assigned poems, write a 4- 6 page thesis-driven essay that thoughtfully responds to the following prompt:Analyze one poem’s literary elements (parts of the poem and figures of speech) and use this analysis to interpret the meaning of this poem.In other words, what is the poem saying and what literary elements does the author use to demonstrate this message?Requirements:4-6 pagesMLA formatOne Poem4 literary devices(defined)Due Dates: Thesis and Outline 5/16, Rough Draft is due & 5/23 & Final Draft is due 5/30 ;Essay Format: Essay must be typed and double-spaced with one-inch margins. Use Times New Roman 12-point font and include the proper heading, a title, and last name and page number on every page.Directions: In order to receive full-credit for your peer review participation, you need to comment on your assigned peer’s paper, and you need to write a 150-500 word summary of your main comments about their essay. Don’t just explain what you liked or disliked. Instead, focus on if the essay answered the prompt, if it made a coherent argument, and if had any other errors that you noticed. After you comment this summary on your peers essay, submit it to me here. Use the following questions to help guide your response.Peer Review Questions:Does the introduction begin in an interesting way? How could the author improve it?Is the thesis evident in the introduction? Does the thesis make sense? Does the intro clearly illustrate what the author intends to accomplish with the essay?Do the paragraphs run in a coherent order within each section?What suggestions can you make about focus? Are the topics the paper brings up adequately handled; should the focus be more specific?How are quotes handled in the paper? Is there any plagiarism going on? How do you know?Are all sources introduced with signal phrases/the author’s own words? How could the author vary the signal phrases and improve them?How is paraphrasing and summary handled in the paper? Is there any plagiarism going on? How do you know? Are the citations done correctly and in proper MLA format?Does the author’s Works Cited page appear to be formatted correctly? Are the sources on the WC page documented correctly?What would you like to know that the writer does not tell you? What things need to be developed further; where should there be more examples or details? Does the author rely too much on sources and too little on his/her own words? Where? Give examples.What are the major strengths of the paper? What do you like most about it?List two suggestions you can make that you think could improve the final paper. **MAKE SURE TO MARK ANY GRAMMATICAL ERRORS DIRECTLY ON THE DOCUMENTRequirements: 150-500 wordsTotal: 5 points