Basic requirements for the essay are as follows. Its minimum length is 8-9 pages, not including the Works Cited. It must be typed and follow MLA documentation style (see The St. Martin’s Handbook). It must incorporate information from at least four different types of sources (that is, from books, journals, magazines, newspapers, reference texts, government documents, electronic sources, interviews, and so on). And, so that I may assess fairly your use of source materials, you must include with your final essay xeroxed copies of all passages from print media that you have paraphrased or summarized. You should sequence these passages in the order in which the paraphrases/summaries appear in your text and highlight the appropriate passages.