Write a short (3 page plus works cited page) research paper

Short Comparative Research Paper Assignment: Write a short (3 page plus works cited page) research paper in which you compare and contrast two different scholarly critiques of Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. You will find these two scholarly articles written by two literary critics on Academic Search Premier or another database through the McMillen Library. The lecture for this week describes how to find your two scholarly sources on A Raisin in the Sun through the McMillen Library database. It also looks at how to cite scholarly works in the Works Cited. Please also reference this helpful short video about using the cite tool on EBSCOhost to create your works cited entries. Note: the video shows entries that are MLA 7th edition, not MLA 8th edition (which was updated in 2016). The process to use the cite tool is still the same, and the cite feature on EBSCOhost has been updated with MLA 8th edition.

What kind of paper NOT to write: I am not asking for a paper that summarizes A Raisin in the Sun. The purpose of this assignment is to steep you in the literary analyses of this play written by two scholars who do this for a living. The assignment leads you to read two professional interpretations of Hansberry’s classic drama. Your thesis is to be an assertion about these two literary analyses, not about the play itself.
What you should write: Write a comparison and contrast paper in which you describe how the two scholarly critiques you have found on A Raisin in the Sun share (or don’t share) similar points of view on the drama. Please refer back to Module One: Lecture One where I explain how to create an introduction, thesis statement, and how to organize a comparison/contrast essay. You also should review the example I provided in the Module One Paper assignment to refresh your memory about how a comparison/contrast essay should be organized.
Length of paper: The paper should be 3 pages plus a works cited page.
Title of essay: The title of your essay should be a creative title, something besides the assignment name or the name of the articles you are using as sources.
Quote and paraphrase: Study these four ways of quoting and paraphrasing carefully and use them in your essay. Notice how they are constructed and where commas and quote marks go or don’t go.

Author-centered quotes:

Smith writes, “The problem is not complex or complicated” (45).

Idea-centered quotes:

“The problem is not complex or complicated” (Smith 45).

Author-centered paraphrases:

Smith believes the problem is simple (45).

Idea-centered paraphrases:

The problem is simple (Smith 45).

Works Cited: List Hansberry and the two other authors from your database articles for a total of three sources. You can use our model works cited entry for readings from our textbook and adapt it. Since A Raisin in the Sun is a longer play, it is italicized. You may use the cite tool to format the works cited entries for the two scholarly articles.
Post your paper on the Discussion Board before submitting it to the professor in the Module Four rough draft slot: You will both post the paper as a rough draft on the Discussion Board this week to get feedback from a student peer on how to improve the paper, and you will submit a revised and improved version of the paper to the professor for grading like all the previous papers. Be sure to clear all the Comment Boxes and markings before turning the essay in for grading.