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Writing Prompt: Create a 2-3 page, double-spaced rough draft of Short Essay 2. This will be a literary analysis ONE of the essays that we’ve already read (with the exception of “Hills Like White Elephants” or “The Story of an Hour.”) The links to the three essays you can choose from are below the essay instructions.
Objective: Find a theme that you feel runs through the essay you’ve chosen. Your entire essay will explain and exemplify that theme.
Structure the essay exactly like this:
Make a very creative title.
Introduction Paragraph: First, have a creative opening — use your imagination here. Grab the reader’s attention; illustrate the theme you’ve chosen in a creative way without explicitly mentioning what the theme is or the essay that it’s in. Do this for about 6 to 8 sentences. After that, as the last sentence in the introductory paragraph, create your thesis statement in this exact way: “XXX is a theme that runs through Name of Story by XXXX.”
1st Body Paragraph: Make your first sentence the topic sentence that explains where the theme first occurs in the essay. For the second sentence, find one direct quote from the essay (with an MLA in-text citation after it) that exemplifies your topic sentence. Offer a few sentences of your own explanation of how that theme is illustrated by that quote. Then, include one other author’s interpretation of your theme from Bloom’s Literary Database, which is the same database you used for your Research Essay. Include only one direct quote from that author (with an MLA in-text citation after it), and then offer a few sentences of your own interpretation of that quote and how it parallels your own viewpoint.
2nd body paragraph: Do the same as in your first body paragraph. Create a topic sentence that explains the other place that your theme occurs in the essay. For the second sentence, find one direct quote from the essay that illustrates the second time your ‘theme’ occurs. Put in an MLA in-text citation after that quote, and then offer a few sentences of your own interpretation of how that quote exemplifies the theme. After you do that, find another author’s interpretation of your theme from Bloom’s Literary Database. Include only one direct quote from that author (with an MLA in-text citation after it), and then explain in your own words your interpretation of that quote and how it parallels your own viewpoint.
Then, have a conclusion paragraph that summarizes everything.
Finally, have a separate Works Cited page with your three sources alphabetically listed and correctly formatted: Source #1: the essay itself. Sources #2 and #3: two authors’ interpretations from Blooms Literary Database.
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Before submitting, also check for the following:
Each BODY PARAGRAPH should have between 12 to 16 sentences in it.
Total # of paragraphs in this essay: 4
Total # of pages: between 2 and 3, not including the Works Cited page
I am keeping this very simple because I want it to be clear and accurately written.
Here are the three essays you can choose from for this assignment:
