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 authors 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 cant be theme also.
* Your essay should be aprox 750 words, so keep quotes short
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Discipline: english 102