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COMPARISON/CONTRAST/SHORT STORY ESSAY ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES The comparison/contrast essay assignment provides the student with some specific guidelines to be met, but also allows the student to explore his/her interests. This essay is a character analysis, in which you will compare and contrast two characters. 1. Choose two characters from any short story. 2. Select one, two, or three literary conventions related to characterization and/or character development to apply to both characters for the purpose of comparison/contrast; you may also elect to examine specifics aspects of plot, character background, character actions, character motivations, setting, and/or theme. 3. In addition, adopt a critical perspective (feminist, historical, psychoanalytical, etc.) that you believe applies to the characters that you compare and/or contrast. 4. Develop your thesis statement: your topic, plus the points you will make in your essay; 5. Draft your essay; edit your essay, and submit your essay in Blackboard. Tips: • Your C/C Thesis statement should: 1) Name the items to be compared/contrasted 2) Indicate the purpose of the comparison /contrast 3) Name the grounds for comparison/contrast -Make sure you avoid engaging in an “extended summary” of the work (telling what happened); -Use literary conventions to discuss “what the writer is accomplishing through the characters, and in the work; -Use your sources to demonstrate your knowledge of how other writers have examined the work, as well as points they have raised; -Use the text to illustrate points, rather than summarize the play; -Make your points clear, and avoid speculations which your sources do not support. This is a 1000-word essay assignment, which should contain no less than three PEERREVIEWED sources of secondary support, all of which must be acquired through the use of the online databases. No sources may come from the Internet
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