Humanities Homework Help

I wrote a majority of this paper and I need help finishing it- I need help writing the last (anywhere between) 500- 700 words. I am going to upload the work I have done and if you could help me add on to it.

I am also adding the sources I was using along with the evaluations I have made on them

Here is the information provided by the professor-

RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND entirely rewriting your introduction ahead of submitting Rough Draft Three. A good introduction should represent your work as it exists at a given moment; sufficient revision during the RD3 cycle means you’ll need a similarly revised and reconceived introduction. Additionally, we will be discussing techniques for developing successful introductions in great depth ahead of the submission of Rough Draft Three, so you’ll not only have new material to cover, but a better idea of how to cover it.

A top-notch introduction should…

• Begin with a compelling opening that conveys your AREA OF INTEREST to your reader.
  • Consider experimenting with an “anecdotal” opening, as discussed in class! Though not mandatory, this is an effective way to both demonstrate to your reader the relevance of your topic, and to provide you with a convenient way to begin your essay.
• Include a revised & refined statement of your RESEARCH QUESTION as it stands.
  • While this need not be a literal question, it certainly can be! The point is to aid the reader in seeing the same problem that you do, in the same way. Setting expectations about the remit and trajectory for your essay here gets things off on the right foot.
• Describe the CRITICAL CONVERSATION your essay wishes to join through establishing CONTEXT and identifying KEY CONCEPTS.
  • You do not need to name every topic, idea, example, etc. you will address anywhere in the paper; instead, aim to describe to your reader a “conversation” already going on between various sources, which you are joining with your essay.
  • This will mean introducing KEY texts in order to provide KEY datapoints and/or define KEY Note that this does NOT mean listing every source you use; instead, think about what paints the clearest, most relevant picture of your topic as you wish to discuss it.
  • Aim, on the one hand, to name THEORETICAL / CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK(S) you will use. You won’t have space to define them thoroughly, but introducing them prepares your reader for them to matter.
  • Aim, on the other, to CONTEXTUALIZE those concepts (and, thereby, your own work). I.e., is there a “bigger picture” or quick background we need? How does your paper come on the scene in relation to what’s already known? Where are you jumping into the conversation?
• Include a ROADMAP that introduces the steps you will take, in the order you will take them, explaining as it goes how those steps relate.
  • This can involve explicitly naming your subsections, or just describing their goals. Either way, be certain to make clear to your reader WHAT the steps are; WHY they’re necessary; and HOW they relate to one another.
  • Consider using explicit “signposting” for this stage. See our “Metalanguage” handout!
• Conclude with a sentence (or two) that conveys the TAKEAWAY you wish your reader to emerge from your project with.
  • This is the closest your essay will get to a THESIS STATEMENT. It should be summative, but also aim to convey why your essay is worth reading by looking beyond the boundaries you have set yourself, and towards larger consequences, future trends, etc.
  • At the end of your ROADMAP, reflect on WHAT your essay accomplishes as a whole; WHY that accomplishment changes our understanding of the topic; and what NEW problems, questions, avenues of inquiry, etc. become visible as a result of your work.
  • This is likely to reflect the work you do in your conclusion.

In the BODY of your paper, you should aim to improve and refine work from your previous draft. From this stage on, we should think of our essays primarily in terms of their SUBSECTIONS, which are now our dominant UNITS OF ARGUMENT.

• EACH SUBSECTION should be identified by a clear, informative subheading.
• EACH SUBSECTION should consist of multiple paragraphs.
• EACH SUBSECTION should reference at least two or three sources.
  • Note that in research writing, sources are sometimes useful for only part of our project; don’t worry if you find yourself using a given source in only one subsection!
• EACH SUBSECTION should be an internally coherent UNIT OF ARGUMENT. It should:
  • Clearly identify the project or argument that will be covered in that section (a miniature introduction, in a sense, of at least one or two sentences).
    • Think “level-four” promise-making, in the language of the “Uneven U.”
  • Have a specific, unique job to do within your essay as a whole.
  • Support claims with relevant evidence (e.g., “cases”).
  • Analyze evidence with relevant theory (e.g., “frames”).
  • Employ good paragraph structure. Each paragraph should:
    • Open with a topic sentence(s) that clearly identifies the project of the paragraph;
    • Remain narrowly focused on a single issue named in a that topic sentence;
    • Arrive at an insight about that issue that responds to and complicates it;
    • Relate logically to the paragraphs preceding and following it.
  • Arrive at a clear conclusion, telling the reader the ideas they should take away from it.
    • Think “level-five” assertion-making, in the language of the “Uneven U.”
    • These conclusions also offer you, the writer, excellent transition points to link subsections together.

You are now ready to begin drafting a CONCLUSION. At this stage, your conclusions will still be tentative, and, while we’ll begin discussing them during the Rough Draft Three cycle, we’ll turn to them in earnest in our final weeks. Generally speaking, however, your conclusion should…

• Briefly SUMMARIZE the major takeaways of your essay.
  • Revisit only the most original and/or surprising of your findings. Your task is not to run through everything again, but to remind the reader of the route taken in order to let you…
• Reflect on the SIGNIFICANCE of your findings…
  • Your conclusion is the place to locate reflections on the value of your work.
  • Imperative language (i.e., “should”; “must”; etc.) belongs here, if it appears at all!
• …and LOOK BEYOND the boundaries of your essay.
  • Consider broader applications of your findings.
  • Suggest possible next steps that emerge out of your findings.
  • Anticipate new questions, problems, topics, etc. that emerge out of your findings.