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Present critical and analytical skills in reference to poetry and prose.
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Write interpretive essays on literature, incorporating the significance of structural elements basic to literature such as points of view, plot structure and conflict, narrative strategies, style, tone, mood, setting, and character.
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Identify and use the basic vocabulary of literary analysis.
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Evaluate and use reliable, approved sources in the development of writing assignments by conducting research in the library and electronically.
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Compose well-developed, MLA-formatted, analytical essays, using primary sources and proper documentation.
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Communicate critical insights such as theme and thematic patterns, critical approaches, genres, and historical context for all written and oral assignments.