This is what a literary essay in work looks like:
Mrsbear Outnumbered
Professor Wispy Hair
LIT 4321
27 November 2011
<Insert Title Here>
This is the beginning of my paper about The Novel We Read. This is where I put my thesis statement. This is where I put my supporting statements.
The rest of my paper will go here, in subsequent paragraphs where I continue to prove my argument.
This is yet another succinct and well thought out paragraph that is full of nuance and insight.
This paragraph is more solid than the last. I am wowing the reader with my powers of persuasion and indisputable evidence to corroborate my theories.
This is the paragraph where I tie it all together with a flourish. The reader is moved to tears. This is the part where the professor decides to give me an A+ only because there is no higher estimation with which to judge my sublime work.
<The End>
I’m pretty sure tacking <The End> on after the conclusion would guarantee at least a ten point deduction.
I should probably put a little more time into my research, a little less time into my creative delays.