Prompts:

1) Select one of your discussion responses for one of the short stories or poems that we read and expand it into an essay.

2) Pick any two poems are write a compare/contrast essay. Use appropriate poetic terminology throughout.

3) Use the terminology of fiction in a close analysis of one short story.

Instructions:

Write an essay that responds directly to ONE of the prompts above.
Your thesis should answer the question posed in the prompt you choose and should appear at the end of the introduction.
Also in the introduction, after providing a hook to grab the readers attention, summarize the poem or short story you are responding to. (You cannot assume that your audience has read what you have.)
Make sure each body paragraph has a topic sentence that includes a point or reason that supports your thesis. Also, thoroughly explain your points/reasons.
Use at least one quote in each body paragraph (most likely each paragraph will include more than one if not several). Your quotes should come from the poem/s and/or short story/ies you are writing about, but they can come from outside sources (magazines, books, the internet, etc.). Remember to explain your quotesyou can never assume that the reader will understand a quote in the same way you do, so explain how they support the point you are trying to make in any given situation or paragraph. Also, cite your quotes, providing the page number in parenthesis at the end of the quote.
Refer to handouts 1-3, 5, & 6 under “Literary Resources” (select Modules, then Course Resources) and whichever sample essay/s seem appropriate for your chosen topic or prompt to generate ideas and to give you some guidance on what the end product should look like.
Include a Works Cited page.
Essay length: 3 pages minimum (without the Works Cited page).

12.0 point font in Times New Roman
Double-spaced (from top to bottom of each page)
1.0 inch border on all sides
Header: your last name and page number in top right hand corner
Heading: your name, my name, course CRN, and date due in top left hand corner