Then, write a well-developed, organized, polished literary analysis essay on a writing prompt from one of the following sections in your textbook, Literature: Craft and Voice:
Or, write about plot; character; setting; point of view; language, tone, and style; theme; or symbols in one or more of the short stories from the fiction section in your textbook.
Essays should include the following:
I) a captivating introduction paragraph that clearly states the essay’s main idea in a thesis statement and mentions the author’s name and the title of the work;
II) several unified, focused, and coherent body paragraphs that develop and support the thesis statement with plenty of specific quotes, examples, and details from the text and with insightful analysis and critical thinking;
III) a thoughtful and insightful conclusion that restates the thesis and gives the paper a sense of completion.
The essay should follow the guidelines and rules for writing a standard college essay as discussed in class. Papers should be revised and edited, and they should adhere to the standards of MLA style.
Essay Guidelines
• Essays should be typed in MLA Format.
• Essays should be 750-1000 words (approximately 3-4pages) in length. Papers that do not meet the minimum word length requirement will automatically earn a failing grade.
• No secondary sources are required, but if students do use secondary sources, they should make sure the sources are considered scholarly. Points will be deducted from essays that refer to works that are not considered scholarly (Wikipedia, SparkNotes, blogs, Book Rags, et c.).
• Any references to the primary or any secondary sources should be cited according to MLA Format within the paper.
• Any sources used should be listed on a Works Cited page according to MLA Format.
• An electronic copy of the essay is to be attached to the assignment as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file within 24 hours of the scheduled due date. Submit the assignment by clicking on “View/Complete” at the bottom of the assignment and following the directions from there. Do not submit the paper by sending a copy to your instructor via Blackboard Internal Messages or PTC email or by bringing a paper copy to campus.
• The essay will be graded by the grading criteria attached to your course syllabus.
• Essays will be accepted early, but no essays will be accepted after the 24 hour grace period has passed.
• Avoid literal plot summaries in your writing. You should assume your reader has read the work and is familiar with it.
• Papers should be relatively free of grammatical errors. Essays should be proofread, polished, and presentable and adhere to the grammatical and mechanical conventions of Standard American English.
• Essays that contain accidental plagiarism will earn a zero, essays that contain blatant plagiarism will cause the student who wrote the essay to automatically fail the course.
These are the paper instructions above. What I am writing about is an analysis of the setting of the two short stories: "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Gilded Six-Bits" by Zora Neale Hurston.
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