Analytical Research Paper on representations of horror and monsters to understand the rhetoric and how the

This assignment should be 7-8 pages, double-spaced, typed in 12-point font, and set to 1” margins.

Objectives:
Analyze primary sources and the messages they convey in written, visual, and/or audio media
Explore and make claims about how the messages are conveyed
Discuss to whom the messages are conveyed and speculate about the effectiveness of this message for a specific audience
Develop a complex thesis that makes a claim about how a primary source communicates a message to a specific audience
Introduce complicating evidence and include what The Writer’s Companion terms an “evolving thesis”
Demonstrate awareness about your role in the conversation about your research question and thesis by acknowledging what is at stake in your analysis. In other words, explain why your analysis matters
Integrate secondary sources in a way that accounts for aspects of the academic conversation that are relevant to the paper’s thesis
Include a title on the first page that reflects the complexity of the paper’s general purposes
Include proper in-text citations of each source consulted or referred to, including the primary source which you’re analyzing, and an appropriately formatted Works Cited page following MLA guidelines
Observe the standards of academic writing discussed in class and avoid sentence-level errors and lapses in tone. Produce fluid and precise prose with appropriate transitions throughout