Choose a short story from the reader, The Norton Introduction to Literature, and analyze this story in a three-five page paper (800-1200 words). You may choose the story you used in Assignment 1. Be sure to narrow your focus to only one of the different ways of looking at the piece of literature. Your assignment should have a strong, specific thesis, such as “Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ uses the setting of the story to create a feeling of dread.” This type of thesis would give you the key terms to use in your analysis. Be sure to put your thesis sentence in bold so your reader will know what it is. Then develop your essay, providing details from the story. Use in-text parenthetical citations each time you quote (or paraphrase) from the story. If you use a quotation or if you paraphrase the material (putting it in your own words–no more than four words in a sentence from the original), cite the page number where it can be seen, and explain the point you are making with that evidence. Summarize your key points in a conclusion and restate the main idea of your thesis. Provide a Works Cited (on a separate page) at the end of your paper. Insert a page break after the conclusion so that the Works Cited is always on another piece of paper. Post your draft of your essay in the Writer’s Workshop by Sunday night. Then read and respond to at least two other students’ postings, providing feedback designed to help the student revise the paper. Use “I” statements such as “I enjoyed your essay. I really liked the way you brought out….. However, I don’t know what your thesis statement is.” As you help other students, you will be learning to review and revise your own work. Post your revised paper to the dropbox by next Wednesday. Sample Essay Works Cited Poe, Edgar Allen. “The Cask of Amontillado.” The Norton Introduction to Literature. Alison Booth, ed. Portable 11th ed. New York: Norton 2014. 107-113. Print The Short Story I would to use is Chopin, “The Story of an Hour”
