The question for this essay based on Chinue Achebe's Things Fall Apart, was to analyze the supernatural elements of the story.
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I had many thoughts on the religious and supernatural elements, but staying focused on my thesis was a challenge. I got an 'A' for this paper on my first draft submission. Can you easily identify my thesis statement?
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Notice that the book title has been italicized. When quoting essays
and articles, the title should be regular font and surrounded by "Quotation marks". Also, when citing in text MLA style,
surround the page number of your source in (parentheses) and
put the period outside of that.
Included the author name
when you did not mention it before the quote.
Example: "Blah, blah, blah" (Achebe 85).
Conclusions are basically a summery of what you wrote in the paper. It's also a good place to put your final thoughts. Quotes should not be in your conclusion because it is assessing and confirming you thesis statement.
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There was a lack of peer reviewed articles on the supernatural aspect of Things Fall Apart, but I was able to find some
supporting evidence in a book on the Yoruba belief system. I encourage using sources that specialize in the theme of what you're writing about. If you write a paper analyzing Goldilocks and the Three Bears or Hansel and Gretel, by all means research information on missing children.
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