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Assignment Explanation

For your Second essay, your assignment is to write an essay that answers this question: How do two stories help a reader to understand the nuances of a common theme?

Contemplate the stories that we have read and discussed in order to discover a common theme that is revealed in two stories—selecting these two stories to be the focus of your essay

. Consider how this theme is treated by the two authors and what their short stories suggest about the theme, identifying key similarities and differences that will support a thesis that articulates your understanding of how the two stories and their themes are interrelated

. Write an essay that explores the selected theme and develops your thesis, comparing and contrasting how the two stories that you’ve selected reveal various facets of the theme.

You should use your paragraphs to organize your discussion of the two stories into an effective comparison/contrast structure that supports your thesis as you analyze and interpret elements of each story.

Grading Criteria

Your Essay should demonstrate a thoughtful exploration of the theme you have chosen and a clear understanding of the stories that you have selected to discuss.

Your essay should maintain a unified focus on a clearly established thesis that gives your essay a clear sense of purpose.

Your essay should use paragraphs effectively to organize your ideas into a logical and coherent structure, with each of the paragraphs in the body of the essay having an effective topic sentence, unified sense of purpose, coherent organization, and sufficient support.

Your essay should be developed adequately, fully exploring various facets of your chosen theme. Your main ideas should be supported with specific details cited from the literary works you have selected.

Your essay should use the vocabulary of literature in an appropriate and accurate manner.

Your essay should be presented neatly in the proper format, use MLA documentation correctly, and be free of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Formatting and Submitting the Assignment

4 To 6 pages in length (excluding Works Cited page).

The essay must be neatly typed and presented in the MLA format. Publishing information for all of the assigned stories is posted in the Assigned Readings module.

An MLA Works Cited page is required and should be paginated as the last page of the essay.

Your two selected stories should be the only sources used in the paper, and they should be cited in the MLA style.

The completed essay must be submitted in the LEO Assignments folder as an attached file by the due date (refer to the course schedule.

ENGL 102: STEPS FOR COMPLETING ESSAY 2

To complete Essay 2 successfully,

follow these steps to ensure that you write an essay that compares and contrasts two stories effectively with a clear sense of purpose:

Choose two stories that you feel explore a common theme.

Gather ideas by listing similarities and differences between the two stories in relation to the theme.

Consider how the similarities and differences are interrelated and develop a thesis that emphasizes which is more significant —

the similarities or the differences.

Select the most significant points of comparison and contrast in order to establish the supporting points that you can present to develop your thesis.

Select a balanced amount of appropriate evidence from both stories to develop each of the supporting points.

Arrange the supporting points into a logical and coherent comparison/contrast structure that supports your thesis.