General Explanation of the Assignment: FORMAT: This is a 3-page minimum essay, 12-point, Times Roman

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General Explanation of the Assignment:

FORMAT: This is a 3-page minimum essay, 12-point, Times Roman font, one-inch margins, no

extra space between paragraphs. (Points take off if format is not followed.)

SUBMIT: Deliver a hard copy on the due date at the beginning of class; also on that date submit

the paper as a Word attachment on the Turnitin link in Blackboard Learn.

AVOID consulting outside sources, particularly anything on the internet. Use your own good

mind here.

As with all papers, you will develop a thesis and organize your essay around the development of

that thesis. That thesis should appear near the beginning of the essay, and you should use it to

help you organize your discussion. In this essay, you will work with one of our readings,

developing an analysis that examines how a text uses rhetorical elements (for example, narrative

voice, diction, imagery, characterization, setting, dialogue, tone, irony, historical context, sense

of audience) to develop its central theme. Base your discussion on careful, close reading of the

text. Make yourself an expert on how your chosen story works. Your major focus will be a close

reading of particular passages and how you interpret them, but you will also want to draw on the

discussions of historical context we have had in class. (You may, if you like, consider a

comparison between two stories or essays). Questions you’ll likely consider as you are analyzing

passages to develop evidence for your argument may include the following:

• What central metaphors or images are used in each text, and how do they develop the

central ideas? What comparisons/contrasts might you find?

• How are characters developed? What characters change? What conflicts do they have,

and what does the story attempt to say about those conflicts?

• How is the form of each piece–its language and structure–related to the ideas it attempts

to get across? Is there a critique being offered in the piece?

• Pay close attention to language choice. What does it tell you about tone? Is the prose

distanced, passionate, ironic, understated?

• What is the attitude of the narrative voice?

NOTE #1: All literary elements used (characterization, plot, patterns of imagery, setting, diction,

dialogue, etc.) can be analyzed separately, but must be brought into an understanding of how

they work in concert to convey major themes of a story. Think always about how the parts you

are analyzing fit together.