Short Story Essay

4-5 pages (double spaced) due by Sunday night.

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ShortStory essay paper (due 11/4/13 – midnight EST)

4-5 full pages minimum (double-spaced); 1 inch margins all around; with a “Works Cited” (MLA format)

page added to the 4-5 pages.

Write a paper of explication (analysis, interpretation) in writing about fiction; be careful not to simply

retell the story through plot summary. More specifically, things like plot, point of view, characterization,

setting, use of dialogue, theme, symbolism, imagery, style, mood, tone, irony, etc., are fictional

techniques you can use to analyze the story you are writing your essay about.

The simple structure of an argument is to make claims, provide evidence for them from the text’s detail

and/or stylistic techniques, and discuss/explain/reason why this evidence substantiates your

interpretation of the story.

Pick one of the short stories below to analysis;

 Jack London, ”To build a fire”

 William Faulkner, “A rose for Emily”

 Flannery O’Connor, “Good Country People”