No essay will be accepted without the outline. The outline must receive a grade of 99 before you move forward with the essay.
No more than two students per topic. If you used one of these topics for the poetry essay, don’t sign up for it again. Include the story or stories you plan to use with your name. I don’t want fifteen essays on “A Cask of Amontillado,” so, darling students, choose from the variety of stories and poems from this class. You may choose a combination of poems and stories for these topics, but you must include at least one story. Don’t reuse poems from your poetry essay.
Identify at least one theme.
Discuss three different literary devices – one in each body paragraph. Each literary device must relate to the claims you are making about the poems or stories. Overview of the Short Story
Include at least one quote from at least one secondary source in at least one of your body paragraphs. The quote must relate to the claims you are making about the poems or stories. Very basic examples of how to integrate quotes from articles
Include at least one properly integrated quote from the poems or stories in each body paragraph. Quoting and Citing from Poems and Short Stories
Quotes should not make up over 30% of your essay.
Total word count for this essay is 600 – 800 words.
Topics: — A “work” is a story or poem.
Analyze one dynamic character. Show how this character changes by the end of the story. Remember to include at least one literary device in each body paragraph.
Discuss one theme that is shown in three different works. These are different essays- sign up for one of the bullets below:
Some themes you will see are the following:
the effects of revenge
coming of age (those hardships that make us grow up)
the effects of racial discrimination
the danger of not forgiving
the powerlessness of women
the powerlessness of men
the importance of loving relationships between parents and children
the effects of loneliness
the ability to overcome great hardship
the ability to face fears
the ability to appreciate beauty
the ability to believe in one’s self
The symbolism in the settings of three different works
Discuss symbolism in three different works.
Discuss symbolism in one work. – Allie Cagle– Hills Like White Elephants Jessie Sudduth
the symbolism of color in three different works
The symbolism of color in one work
Discuss three types or instances of irony in three works.
Discuss one type of conflict in three different works.
Discuss three types of conflict in one work. Agatha Taquino- Hills like White Elephants
Choose three literary devices (symbolism, metaphor, personification, foreshadowing — there are many others) and discuss how those devices work together to convey one theme in one work.
Discuss the role of social status in any three works and how social status conveys a theme. Anna Davis- Hills like White Elephants, the Bean Eaters, and Desiree’s Baby
Discuss the presence or absence of God in any three works and how His presence or absence conveys a theme.
Discuss the role of nature in any three works and how nature helps to convey a theme. Shelley Boyd
Discuss the role of blackness (can be the color in any capacity including racial identity or darkness in general) in any three works and how that blackness helps to convey a theme. Sara Pinzon- “Sweetness”
Discuss the role of whiteness (can be the color in any capacity including racial identity or light in general) in any three works and how that whiteness helps to convey a theme.
Compare and contrast two men from two different works. Albert Hunley- Cask of Amontillado, Desiree’s Baby
You would have one paragraph that shows how the two men are alike. (how they look, what they say, how they act, whatever)
You would have one paragraph about one man. This paragraph would show only his characteristics.
You would have one paragraph about the second man. This paragraph would show only his characteristics.
Compare and contrast two women from two different works. Kendyll griffin – Sweetness by toni morrison and desiree’s baby by kate chopin
You would have one paragraph that shows how the two women are alike. (how they look, what they say, how they act, whatever)
You would have one paragraph about one woman. This paragraph would show only her characteristics.
You would have one paragraph about the second woman. This paragraph would show only her characteristics.
No essay will be accepted without the outline. The outline must receive a grade of 99 before you move forward with the essay.
Your outline must be typed. Remember, the effort you put into your outline will show in your grade and in your essay. You may use any information you generated in previous assignments for this class. Reusing information you generated in this class will not be counted as plagiarism and does not have to be cited.
Include your poetry line numbers, short story page or paragraph numbers, and authors with each of your quotes.
Title: Do you have some kind of title in mind? Place it here.
Introduction: Provide a basic discussion of what you are claiming, and introduce the titles of the poems or stories and their authors.
Thesis statement – This thesis does not have to be in perfect condition. Just show me the main points for the three body paragraphs.
Topic sentence #1:
Literary device that will be presented (discussed, shown, whatever)
A quote or example from the story
Quote from the secondary source with the author’s name:
Topic sentence #2:
Literary device that will be presented (discussed, shown, whatever)
A quote or example from the story
Quote from the secondary source with the author’s name:
Topic sentence #3:
Literary device that will be presented (discussed, shown, whatever)
A quote or example from the story
Quote from the secondary source with the author’s name:
Conclusion:
Choose one of the following:
What do you think happens to the character(s) once the poem(s) or story(ies) ends?
What do you hope will happen?
What did you learn about life from the poem(s) or story(ies)? Don’t be that guy and say, “I ain’t learned nothing.” Point deductions for this type of answer will be assigned as appropriate.
What could others learn about life from the poem(s) or story(ies)
