Overview: This paper will explore the theme of Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon.

Minimum length: Three full pages (900 words)

Research: No research is required, and I prefer that you use no external sources. However, you must use evidence from the novel to make your case and cite all excerpts using MLA format. Please do not refer to online study guides for this paper. I want you to form your own ideas.

Outline: An outline is required, but it need not be typed. The outline should incorporate single sentences (instead of single words or whole paragraphs) and have at least three levels.

      Level 1

                  Level 2

                                    Level 3

Format: Your paper should be in MLA format: typed, double-spaced, in 12-point font, with one-inch margins. Along with your name and date, please include your class section and the name of the assignment at the top left of the first page. This assignment should also have its own original title.

Grade:

Your draft will receive 0-10 points, and I will provide specific feedback on how to strengthen the paper. Points for drafts of papers 1-3 comprise 5% of your final course grade.

Your revision will receive 0-100 points, based on a rubric. The grade on the revision of paper 1 is worth 10% of your final course grade.

Content: Having read Everything, Everything, determine and state in your own words what you believe this young adult novel is saying (i.e., the theme). Make a case using evidence from the text, and evaluate whether the author has effectively portrayed this theme to the intended audience of the story. I encourage you to explore the following questions:

What aspects, if any, of this theme are universal? What aspects are more unusual?
What elements of the story (e.g., plot events, character actions, genre, use of illustration, structure of the book) contribute to the shaping of this theme?
What elements of the story, if any, detract from this theme?
Does this theme highlight the patients perspective or someone elses (e.g., the caregivers) perspective?
What other worksyoung adult or otherwisedemonstrate a similar theme?
Your paper should be thesis-driven and have focused paragraphs (one topic per paragraph) that flow and support the thesis. Create an intriguing introduction and a conclusion that leaves the reader thinking.

This assignment satisfies the following course objectives:

Analyze, in writing assignments, illness-related themes within assigned texts
Explain, in writing assignments, the implications of illness-related topics and texts for concerned partiesnamely, the patient, the healthcare provider, loved ones, and society
Write effectively about illness-related themes in a variety of discursive modes, such as explication/close reading, comparison/contrast, analysis, and argument
Write thesis-driven essays on illness-related themes using textual evidence
Demonstrate effective paragraph writing skills, employing topic sentences, transitions, and signal phrases to produce develop unified and coherent paragraphs in short assignments and on formal papers
Integrate primary and secondary sources within formal writing assignments according to MLA guidelines