Literacy analysis paper on "Everyday Use " by alice Walker.
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North Lake College ENGL 1302 – Composition II
Essay 2 – Literary Analysis
Critical Thinking about the Short Story
DIRECTIONS:
In this essay, you MUST analyze the short stories, in the folder on BlackBoard, which your group
was assigned. This is your only choice.
This essay MUST adhere to the following guidelines:
Organize exactly as described on page 2 of this document
7-paragraphs ONLY (2-introduction paragraphs; 1-summary paragraph; 3-body
paragraphs; 1-conclusion paragraph)
Use MLA formatting and rules of citation (see The Norton MLA Handbook)
Use 3-cited secondary sources from research (quote(s) OR the primary source, the short
story OR a combination of the two:
o You must use scholarly and reputable periodicals and journals ONLY (i.e. the following
periodicals: Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, Forbes, The New York
Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, etc.)
o the following websites ONLY: .edu, .org*, .gov, .mil—citations from .com websites
are not allowed
o books (ebooks are allowed)
o essays found in databases by literary critics (individually published as well as those
found in an anthology or a collection of essays edited by another author)
o each body paragraph must have one-piece of evidence/proof = a quote from a
secondary/outside source (the literature is the primary source)
Thesis statement must be underlined and the last sentence of the second introduction
paragraph (if not, I will assume you didn’t create it and 20 points will be deducted).
Essay must have an original title of your own creation
No title page; use the 5-line MLA format required heading
Must create a Works Cited page
Grading Rubric for Essay 3—Literary Analysis:
Thesis statement 20%
Topic sentences 10%
Critical analysis of evidence 30%
Mechanics and grammar 20%
Works Cited page and in-text citation 20%
Total points earned 100%
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How to organize the literary analysis essay
I. Introduction paragraph: factual information about the literature (no quotations allowed in
this paragraph)
Author’s name
Title of work
Genre of literature to which this work belongs
Year work was published
Historical info that is relevant to the literature
II. 2
nd introduction paragraph: create a platform for your argument (no quotations allowed in
this paragraph)
Information about the piece of literature that relates to your thesis
Thesis statement is the underlined, last sentence of the 2nd introduction paragraph
(Do not include the title of the literature in thesis. However, it is acceptable,
but only if absolutely necessary, to refer to the author by last name.)
III. Summary paragraph: concise explanation of the plot (eight sentences maximum for this
paragraph)
A short summary of the plot of your piece of literature.
A summary paragraph should not contain an explanation of behavior, ideas,
characters, etc.
This summary must be in your own words (not copied, whether cited or not, from
another source)
IV. Three Body paragraphs – this is where you prove/support/argue the ideas in thesis
a. Topic sentence – must specifically introduction the topic of this paragraph. It also
expands the idea(s) in thesis statement.
b. Sub-topic sentence – another sentence that brings clarity and focus to the idea(s)/issue
in this paragraph.
c. Proof/evidence (one piece per body paragraph) – a quote, paraphrased ideas of
others, statistics, etc.
d. Explain the proof/quote/example
e. Multiple Critical analysis sentences – explain ―how‖ and/or ―why‖ this evidence supports
the idea(s) and/or position in thesis
V. Conclusion (If a quote is used in this paragraph, it does not satisfy the secondary
source requirement.)
Restate the thesis (but, not verbatim)
Provide a synopsis of your argument
Ask a rhetorical question that raises an issue about ones perspective on this current
analysis.
Disagree with your analysis by presenting an opposing view: refutation.
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Essay 2 argument topics
Short Stories
A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor
The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
Everyday Use, by Alice Walker
1. Argue theme in the short story you were assigned.
A theme—a message about life and/or human nature—is manifested not only by characters’
actions and speeches but also by plot, imagery, setting, etc.
Therefore, your proof that a given theme is present in a given work will take various forms; to
make a really effective case, give examples of every way in which a particular theme is
presented.
2. Argue the moral value this story provides to readers, a specific community, or society in general.
3. Argue the social value this story provides to readers.