Posted: May 8th, 2015

FICTION ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS

FICTION ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS
compares and contrasts 2 stories from the Fiction Unit.  guidelines for developing paper topic that are given below.the Fiction Essay Grading Rubric
. Gather  information, plan the direction of your essay, organize  ideas by developing a 1-page thesis statement and outline  essay. Format the thesis statement and the outline in a single Word document using current MLA, APA, or Turabian style (whichever corresponds to your degree program).
submit your thesis . (ET) on Monday of Modu
The essay  title page (see the General Writing Requirements), a thesis/outline page, and the essay
works cited/references page of any primary or secondary texts cited in the essay.
Guidelines for Developing Your Paper Topic

Chapter 39 of the Kennedy and Gioia textbook provides some helpful pointers for reading actively, taking notes, brainstorming, developing a clearly-defined thesis statement, preparing an outline, and writing a cogent fiction essay. Be sure that you have read this chapter before doing any further work for this assignment.

Choose 2 of the following short stories to compare and contrast in your essay:
•    “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson,
•    “The Destructors” by Graham Greene,
•    “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence,
•    “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
•    “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe, or
•    “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell.

Also, make at least 1 of these elements of fiction the focus of your essay:
•    Conflict/Plot/Structure