FINAL PAPER DIRECTIONS

BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR PAPER, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE AN OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT.

SO WHEN YOU GO TO WRITE THE PAPER, YOU CAN REFLECT ON THE OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT.

THE OUTLINE AND THESIS WILL BE A GUIDELINE WHEN WRITING THE PAPER

We have talked about many different types of supernatural creatures through various lenses throughout the course Such as vampires, zombies, ghosts, demons.

There is, however, one supernatural creature we have not yet mentioned, witches.

For your final, you will use three or more of the academic approaches we have been utilizing throughout the course to perform an in depth analysis on witches. This is a research paper and you will be expected to write a clear and precise thesis statement and find at least three scholarly sources that support your ideas. Depending on the quality of your sources, it is likely that you will want more than three to support your thesis.

APPROACHES: the scientific method, the literary approach, the historical approach, the psychological approach, and the cultural approach

APPROACHES EXPLAINED In ATTACHMENT

Some ideas you may want to explore are:

• Witches across cultures
• Witches within a specific culture
• Witches across time
• Witches in classic literature
• Witches in film or television
• Witches as depicted in visual art (photography, painting, subculture)

Submission Details:

• Paper should be 6-10 pages long double spaced using 12 point font in either Times New Roman or Calibri
• Formatting should follow MLA formatting guidelines as outlined at Purdue OWL
• You must use at least 3 scholarly sources for your paper
• All papers should be saved as a .doc, .docx or as a .PDF