Your Title Goes Here, and it Should Be Centered in Bold, 14pt. Times New
Roman Font with Everything Except for Prepositions and Conjunctions
Capitalized
Write your statement of aspect in 12pt., plain text, Times New Roman font also centered like the
title but do not capitalize words other than proper nouns (only include a statement of aspect for
WL2a and WL2c)
Your Name
World Literature Assignment 2(a): Comparative Study, 2(b): Imaginative or Creative
Assignment, 2(c): Detailed Study
IB Number 1102-your number
Instructor: Mrs. Bonilla
20 January 2011
Word Count:
Last name, First name (IB#)
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Statement of Aspect: Center your bold 12pt Statement of Aspect at the top of the page.
Skip four lines (or two if you have already set the essay to be double-spaced), left-align,
indent, and begin your essay here. Double-space the entire essay from here on out, including
your works cited page. Remember to indent to begin a new paragraph. Do not skip lines
between paragraphs. Set your margins to 1 inch all around (do the same for the title page).
Please take note that you need to include a footnote the first time you mention the title of
a book that you read in translation.1 You will also need to include “Trans.” (without the
quotation marks) and the translator’s name(s) after the book title in your works cited entry for
any book(s) discussed that you read in translation.
Don’t forget that this essay must be 1,000 to 1,500 words long, and typed in 12 point
Times New Roman font.
Use parenthetical citations for all in-text citations (with the exception of your footnoted
translator). Use a reliable MLA resource guide for specific guidelines concerning parenthetical
citations and a works cited list. Also, please refer to the WL handout that Mrs. Bonilla gave you
last year to remind yourself about proper punctuation of in-text citations, paraphrasing,
formatting of long quotations, mentioning of authors, and appropriate methods of introducing
quotations and integrating them into your sentences.
This is where you will write “Translated by…” and include the full name(s) of the translator(s) with the first name
followed by the last name. Do not include the quotation marks.
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In order to include a header in your essay if you are using Microsoft Word go to the
“View” menu and select “Header and Footer” if you are using Word 2003, or go to the “Insert”
menu and select “Header” if you are using Word 2007.
In order to avoid having your header appear on your title page, create two documents,
one for the title page and the other for your essay and works cited page. Remember that your
works cited page is the last page of your numbered essay. Strictly follow the most up-to-date
MLA guidelines for formatting a works cited page (notice it’s not called a bibliography).
Save an electronic version of this essay somewhere where you will be able to find it!!!
Don’t forget to submit your essay to turnitin.com, to rbonilla@amschool.org, and bring in two
printed copies to Mrs. Bonilla.
If you have written an analysis of one key passage, an analysis of two key passages, or a
commentary, be sure to include copies of the passage, passages, or 40-line extract at the end of
your essay, after your works cited page.
One final thing that you cannot forget is to include the word count at the end of your
essay immediately below the end of your last sentence. Your passages or extract, if applicable,
does not count towards the word count.
Word Count: 539
Works Cited
Esquival, Laura. Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes,
Romances, and Home Remedies. Trans. Carol Christensen and Thomas Christiansen. New
York: Doubleday, 1992.
Kundera, Milan. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Trans. Michael H. Heim. New York:
Harper & Row, 1984.