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Choose one of these two topics, and without consulting any websites or other sources, write an essay.
1. Explore three aspects of darkness or suffering (not both) shown in Sonnys Blues. First, read the story again, highlighting and making note of details, passages, and quotes that may be useful. In your prewriting, identify five or six aspects of suffering or darkness in the story, and brainstorm some details for each one. Narrow your list down to the three strongest aspects. You will discuss one in each of your three body paragraphs (name the aspect in the topic sentence). Develop your discussion using details (quotes) from the story and your commentary that explains the element (darkness or suffering) shown in those quotes. Your discussion could explain things like why that aspect of suffering or darkness is a problem to characters in the story, how characters deal with it, and if theres a better way to deal with it. Do not write a general plot summary.
2. Identify and explain the three most important aspects of revelation in OConnors story Revelation. First, read the story again, highlighting and making note of details, passages, and quotes that may be useful. In what way do revelations come in the story? What is revealed? What is the importance of what is revealed? How does the character respond? What does any of this show about human nature? In your prewriting, identify five or six aspects of revelation n the story and brainstorm some details for each one. Narrow your list down to the three strongest aspects. You will discuss one in each of your three body paragraphs (name the aspect in the topic sentence). Develop your discussion using details (quotes) from the story and your commentary that explains the aspect of revelation shown in those quotes. Do not write a general plot summary.
Writing Deadlines:
Submit your thesis and three topic sentences to Blackboard by 9 pm Tuesday, October
12. (You can submit this assignment whenever you have it completed.)
Plan carefully and write your draft thoughtfully. When you finish drafting, check your essay using this assignment sheet. Then polish your essay by revising as needed and proofreading before you submit the finished and polished essay (worth up to 100 points) to Blackboard by 9 pm Monday, October 18.
Working with Quotes:
Set up each quote using at least a signal phrase to give context. If you are quoting a character who is talking or thinking, the signal phrase should indicate who the character is and what they are talking about.
If your signal phrase ends in says, put a comma after says Bill says, people dont think very much (Brown 899).
Short Story Essay English 102 Fall 2021
If your signal phrase includes the word that, do not put a comma after that Bill says that people dont think very much (Brown 899).
You could also introduce a quote with a complete sentence followed by a colon.
Sonnys brother begins to understand him: My trouble made his real (Baldwin 176).
Parenthetical Citations:
The citation comes at the end of the sentence that contains a quote, and the period goes after the
citation. Dont put a comma or a period before the citation.
Cite the first quote using the authors last name and the page number in parentheses. After the
first quote, include just the page number in parentheses.
Works Cited Entry:
On a new page after your concluding paragraph, include a Works Cited page with a double- spaced MLA-style (hanging indent) works cited entry for the story you are writing about. Your entry should look like one of these:
Baldwin, James. Sonnys Blues. Perrines Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp. 13th edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2018. 159-185. Print.
OConnor, Flannery. Revelation. Perrines Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp. 13th edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2018. 468-486. Print.
The following are important parts of your grade:
Well-crafted introduction that names the author and story title, gives some background on the story and the idea youre discussing from the story, and leads up to the thesis
The last sentence of the introduction is a strong, clear thesis statement that indicates the three important aspects of the topic [remember that topics are darkness or suffering for Sonnys Blues, or revelation for Revelation] discussed in the essay
Strong, clear topic sentence at the start of each body paragraph that names an important aspect of your topic (see point immediately above), in the same order listed in the thesis
Thorough development in each body paragraph that includes a minimum of two strong, relevant direct quotations from the story and your commentary that explains the darkness, suffering, or revelation shown in those quotations
Short Story Essay English 102 Fall 2021
All quotations are introduced, worked into grammatically correct sentences, quoted accurately (check this), and cited properly
Well-crafted conclusion that briefly summarizes your main ideas, gives a final thought on their significance, indicates what the authors purpose may have been in addressing the topic in the story, discusses theme, and does not contain quotes or examples
Discuss the story using present tense. Sonny says, Sonnys brother believes, Sonny struggles, OConnor shows, etc.
Complete, effective sentences; correct grammar; correct punctuation (especially avoiding fragments, comma splices, and run-ons)proofread carefully before submitting
Proper use of MLA format (see below under General Format Guidelines)
Proofread your paper before submitting.
Any plagiarism will result in a zero; do not consult any outside sources
General Format Guidelines:
Your essay should be 2 12 to 4 pages long.
Follow MLA format: one-inch margins, everything double-spaced, Tab at the start of each paragraph, no extra space before or after any part of the essay, 12-point Times New Roman font for everything, heading at the top left margin, centered title indicating what the essay is about (not the story title), MLA-style parenthetical citations for quotes, correct Works Cited page with an entry for the story formatted as a hanging indent
