Assessment CriteriaHow will the essay be marked?

Research Question…2 points

Introduction…2 points

Investigation…4 points

Knowledge & Understanding…4 points

Reasoned Argument…4 points

Analysis and Evaluation…4 points

Use of language

Conclusion

Formal Presentation

Abstract

Holistic Judgment

FormatAll papers of the same subject should follow the same formatTitle PageAbstractContents pageIntroductionBodyConclusionReferences/BibliographyAppendices

Same referencing systemOnly list sources actually cited in your paper

What’s next?• Research • Find gaps and find material to fill them• Outline paper• Write introduction (to be revised later)• Work on body• Write abstract• Rough draft by end of the first week back• Through turnitin.com (Originality report 1)• Meet with supervisor (Sept. Who comments on draft & originality

report)• Fix areas of need• Write final paper• Run through turnitin.com for final Originality report• Hand in December 1st.

What is an abstract?• This is not an introduction to the essay. It is a synopsis or

summary statement of:

• The research question being investigated (what you are studying)• The scope of the investigation (why you are studying the subject and how you intend to go about your work) • The conclusion(s) that the essay has reached

• The abstract must be one side of A4, maximum 300 words, and placed immediately after the title page

Abstract From the strange light exuding from the Mariner’s eyes to the dark shadows that pass over the world during the first stage of the journey south, within the opening twelve stanzas of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner Coleridge establishes the importance of light and dark imagery in the poem.  The following essay argues that the images of light and dark in Coleridge’s poem become symbols of the meeting of the natural and supernatural worlds.  In the wider religious and moral context of Christianity, these symbols represent the ideas of Good and Evil at work in the world.

The subject is important to study precisely because of the moral implications of the Mariner’s so-called ‘crime’ of slaying the Albatross and his subsequent re-generation.  The psychological effects of the events of the story can be traced in the imagery of light and dark.  For example, the descriptions of the Mariner’s eye as ‘glittering’ and ‘bright’ early in the poem immediately encourages the reader to anticipate a strange event.  The description of the hot, coppery, bloody skies reflects the emotional wound the Mariner inflicts on himself after he has killed the Albatross, as well as the physical wound that he inflicts on the world; namely, the breaking of the link between man and nature.  The essay is structured in five parts: an introduction; three main sections in which light and dark imagery is analysed in relation to atmosphere/setting, characters and the language of the poem; and a conclusion.

The essay reaches the conclusion that the images of light and dark are raised to the level of Christian symbols that underline the play of Good and Evil in the human world.  This enables us to create a moral profile of the Ancient Mariner so as to trace the full significance of his experiences. 

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