Transcript Short Story Writing Assignment

Short Story Writing Assignment
This is an exciting assignment
Why??!!
You will delve more deeply into the stories
you have read by:
Writing a thesis statement that you can
support
Using quotes from the text as evidence to
support your thesis statement
Detailing the context for the quotes you
choose.
Intro – Body - Conclusion
• Multiple - paragraph essay
So, what will these paragraphs be?
Intro – Body Conclusion
What type of format do you use to cite
sources, set margins and type the
heading for your paper (in English
class)?
MLA . . . WC Page
You must choose One story to write about.
• WHY??!!
•FOCUS – that’s why.
The thesis statement must answer how a
particular literary device (your choice)
affects/influences a short story.
Literary devices:
irony (what are the two types?)
foreshadowing
mood
point of view (what are the possibilities?)
symbolism
conflict (what are the two types?)
setting
Suspense
Allusion
The body paragraphs have a job
What is their purpose?
Follow these guidelines:
No more than three quotations; no more
than two lines long.
****Since you will need evidence from the
text(s) for each paragraph what will you
do to include information from the text
in all the paragraphs?******
Body paragraphs
Strong topic sentences
What must these do?
The three Is….
What are they and what do they mean?
Cite correctly
Which should be easy because you have only to cite the
stories we have read and the information is below….use
the information right in front of you!
INTERPRET!!!
Make sure that what you write about the
quote(s)/paraphrases you use strengthens your thesis
When you think that you have finished your paper:
• Use the attached rubric as a checklist for
yourself.
• Check for personal pronouns,
contractions, weak/inactive verbs,
confused tenses, vague pronouns (all the
stuff we have talked about).
THE THESIS – FOCUS your WRITING
• Working on your thesis statement:
– Choose a story that interests you or that you
feel that you can intelligently discuss.
– Decide what literary device the author
employs and to what effect.
– Decide what active verb best describes the
relationship between the literary device and
the effect it has on the story/stories.
• Your thesis will answer the following question:
• How does a particular literary device affect
a short story/stories?
• Example of thesis with 1 story:
• Irony heightens the suspense in Ray
Bradbury’s short story
• “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind.”
• Each body paragraph will then focus on one
example/way that irony heightens the
suspense in the story.