ENG 1102 Alice Walker’s Everyday Use Narration essay
Writing
Write a 750-word essay on Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, defend or refute Mama’s beliefs about the use of the items in her home that her daughter wants to take to preserve.
Requirement:
Do NOT give your essay a title.
* I will expect your essay to have a “hook.”
* The author’s name and the title of the literary work must appear in the introductory paragraph.
* You must have a thesis in your introduction that provides the reader with the main idea for the essay and you must stick to this thesis.
* You must have direct quotes from the literary work to support all of the major ideas expressed in your essay.
* All quotes must have MLA formatted in-text citations.
* Your essay must have the MLA heading at the top of the first page.
* You always discuss literature in the present tense, NOT past tense.
* Do not write in 2nd person. No “you”.
* Do not include unnecessary contractions. Unless it is part of a quote, you should not have contractions.
