Assignment: Please HURRY Literary Essay

You are to write a five-paragraph literary essay based on one of the three stories that you have read and analyzed in this unit.

Analyze how a theme of the story is developed. Discuss how the actions and interactions of characters and events develop the theme. Make sure to use textual evidence as support.

Choose one of these themes and analyze the development of the theme.

“President Cleveland, Where Are You?” Theme: A sign of maturity is the realization that it is important to put loved ones before oneself.

“White Umbrella” Theme: Sometimes one must face loss before one can appreciate what one has.

“Raymond’s Run” Theme: Friendship can be found in unexpected places.

You are to write a five-paragraph literary essay based on what you have read and learned in this unit. Your final submission should meet the following requirements.

Submit completed prewriting and outline documents.

Write an essay that contains an introduction with hook and thesis statement, supporting paragraphs with evidence and at least one quotation, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and reviews main points.

Use transitions appropriate to the pattern of organization.

Use vocabulary to create tone and voice.

Cite primary source (quotation).

Submit completed revision checklist.

Vary sentence structure.

Use technology in the writing process.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

i believe the answer is d : )

the climax is the highest peaking point of the movie it is mostly near the end of the movie where the main characters point of view changes. it is the most excting action part of the movie