Your essay will be an analysis of character and two of the following literary devices: character, theme, symbolism, conflict, irony In: “Cynthia or “Beneath the Softness of Snow” or “Immigration”
Your Outline:
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH:
A/ Please write out your HOOK
Hook: 2-3 sentences of creative writing linked to the essay – but does not repeat anything you will say in essay, nor does it mention the story.
Please write out your THESIS STATEMENT
• What?: your thesis statement must contain the author’s name and the name of the story
• So what?: try to capture the main thread of ideas you will advance
• How?: how you will say it (for example: by analyzing character, theme, and symbolism)
• Each of your body paragraphs should link back to the thesis statement in some way.
BODY PARAGRAPH 1: Character
• Write out your topic sentence for character
• Explain what 2 examples you will use
• Write out your quotes
(You may use 1 quote that is up to one sentence long, and a 2nd quote that is 2-3 sentences long. You do not, however, need to have 2 quotes. Although you must have 1 quote)
BODY PARAGRAPH 2: THEME (or irony, conflict, symbolism)
• Write out your topic sentence
• Explain what 2 examples you will use
• Write out your quote
(You may use 1 quote that is up to one sentence long, and a 2nd quote that is 2-3 sentences long. You do not, however, need to have 2 quotes. Although you must have 1 quote)
BODY PARAGRAPH 3: Symbolism (or irony, theme, conflict)
• Write out your topic sentence
• Tell me what 2 examples you will use
• Write out your quotes
(You may use 1 quote that is up to one sentence long, and a 2nd quote that is 2-3 sentences long. You do not, however, need to have 2 quotes. Although you must have 1 quote)
* Important: you may NOT repeat examples or quotes.
* Similarly, if par 2 is theme, par 3 can’t be theme also.
* Your essay should be aprox 750 words, so keep quotes short
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Discipline: english 102