Discussion on the essay on “Middle Passage”

PART I: Read (Click on the attachment) the essay on
Middle Passage by Kwame Dawes and respond to these questions:

1. What is the writer’s position?

2. What two things did you understand from the
reading the essay?

3. What one sentence did you find interesting?

4. Why do you think the writer is writing this
essay?

5. What title would you give to the essay and why?

PART II: Review and write a five-paragraph
essay of 500 words on the poem “Middle Passage” by Robert Hayden

Essay on
Analyzing Poetry – The essay on evaluating the poem should be written in the
Traditional College Essay format. Your title for the essay would not be the
title of the poem, as that is not your own title. Your title may contain the
title of the poem or a variation of the title, but you must enclose the title
of the poem within quotation marks for clarification. Your title can be written
as a statement, a question, or a two-part title with a colon. It must be
original.

How to Structure your Paper – Your essay should be 500 words divided into
five paragraphs. Your introduction must end with a thesis and a thesis support.
Your thesis should answer the question posed by your title; it could interpret
the title or make an assertion or claim on it.

Please
utilize notes you made utilizing your notes on “Questions for interpreting
Poetry.” Each of your three body paragraphs must begin with a topic sentence
derived from your thesis support in the order that you listed them. You are to
provide details and examples from the poem to justify your position. You are
not allowed to use “I” authority. If you must refer to yourself, address
yourself in the third person as this writer, or this reviewer.

Conventions for Quoting and Citing Poetry – There are conventions for
quoting and citing poetry: Poetry is cited by lines. When you quote a line of
poetry, you should enclose it within quotation marks. At the end of your
quotation in parenthesis indicate the line number that you are quoting. Your period
should appear after the parenthesis when you utilize quotation marks. For two
lines from the poem, use a slash at the end of the first line to indicate the
end of that line. For three lines or more lines of poetry, use block style
quotation: You will use tab or ten spaces, and you do not need quotation marks.
You will need to provide a parenthetical citation at the end of the quoted
material indicating the lines of the poem.

After
you have exhausted your topics in the body paragraphs. (Be sure to adhere to
the word count.), you would need to write a conclusion. Review your notes on
“The Functions of the Conclusion.” In the conclusion, you can utilize any of
the techniques to gain your readers attention to remind him/her of what you
have stated in the paper. You should revisit all the important aspects of your
paper. You may include predictions or recommendations.

Avoiding Plagiarism – avoid both accidental plagiarism and plagiarism
proper, you must provide citation for all borrowed materials in your paper.
Whether you quote, paraphrase, or summarize information from any source, you
must provide citation indicating to whom the idea belongs. Along with the
quotations and citations you have within the paper, known as in-text citations,
you should provide a works cited page. Please see the handout on “MLA Styles.