The House on Mango Street
Find an academic literary critic that writes about “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros and analyze.
Checklist:
Global Concerns
Does it address a relevant literary problem? Is this relevance established?
Is the goal obvious? Is it reinforced throughout?
Is it targeting literary critics?
Is it doing the intellectual work of a literary analysis?
Regional Concerns
Is the other critic’s perspective summarized / paraphrased and documented?
Is the alternative connected and clear, and does it offer reasons and evidence as support?
Does the structure support the goal of challenging another critic’s perspective and offering an alternative? Is this support obvious?
Is each section connected to the goal and to the previous and subsequent sections?
Does each section and paragraph have enough explanation, elaboration, and support to accomplish its purpose?
Local Concerns
Is the style appropriate for literary critics and literary criticism?
Does any of the language call unnecessary or unproductive attention to itself?
Are all sources cited and documented with MLA format?
Does it use MLA format for the submission (header and page numbers, e.g.)?
