Essay-Literary Analysis: For this assignment, you’ll use the outline or graphic organizer you created in the prewriting assignment to create a full analysis of figurative language in a song of your choice.

Topic: Analyze the use of figurative language in a song
■ You’ll develop your essay from the outline or graphic organizer you wrote for your previous assignment. Don’t switch your topic.

Purpose: To write a 1,200–1,500 word essay that analyzes the figurative language and literary devices in a song to show how those elements contribute to the song’s appeal to its audience

■ Use the writing process to draft and revise an essay
■ Write an effective thesis statement
■ Develop paragraphs using topic sentences, adequate detail, supporting evidence, and transitions
■ Identify, define, and analyze literary elements
■ Use responsible research methods to locate appropriate secondary sources
■ Use Modern Language Association citation and documentation style to reference secondary source material correctly and appropriately
■ Quote, paraphrase, and summarize secondary source material correctly and appropriately
■ Use the conventions of standard written American English to produce correct, well-written essays

THE WRITING PROCESS
a. Title
b. Introduction
c. Conclusion

The content of each paragraph should be confined to the information introduced in the topic sentence and should develop that topic logically based on the plan you provided in your outline or graphic organizer.
Incorporate research into your essay.
Be sure to:
a. introduce borrowed content
b. properly punctuate quotations
c. provide in-text, or parenthetical, citations for secondary sources in MLA format
d. use MLA format for your list of works cited

ASSIGNMENT CHECKLIST For this assignment, you must submit your
■ Song lyrics
■ Essay
■ List of works cited
■ Annotated Bibliography Please save all your work in one document; Use page breaks between your song lyrics and essay. Your list of works cited should also be a separate page.