ENGLISH HOMEWORK

Extra Credit Journal Assignment

Assignment

Using our usual journal format (one page, single spaced, etc.), please answer the following prompt in a three paragraph response for extra credit: What two stories would you keep? What two stories would you remove? And, what one story would you add to the reading list?

Please offer more than a mere listing of story titles. Please be specific as to why you would argue for me to keep, remove, or add the stories you discuss. Due = Tuesday, March 17^th.

NO DOUBLE SPACE, SINGLE SPACE!!! 

STORIES

Rehm, Why Fiction Matters Transcript

Gioia and Gwynn, The Art of the Short Story

Poe, Review of Hawthorne: The Tale and Its Effect

Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

Amplification through Simplification

Gioia and Gwynn, The Elements of Short Fiction

Munro, How I Met my Husband

Minot, Lust

Oates, Where are you Going, Where have you Been

Schwartz, In Dreams Begin Responsibilities

Jackson, The Lottery