1.The types of conflict, including man versus self, man versus man, man versus society, or man versus nature/supernature as discussed/read about.
C. remember that this is an analytical essay, not a summary—do not retell the story; assume your audience has read it. Your essay should have the following components:
1. Part One: The Introduction
a) Hook- draw the reader’s attention (need to generally know your audience’s interests, so that you can draw their attention);
b) Background- as necessary (need to know your audience’s awareness of your chosen issue and its positions). This could include a one or two sentence (no more) summary or your story;
c) Thesis- this is where you will state the story you have selected to analyze, and the point of analysis that you have chosen.
2. Part Two: The Body
a) use examples from the story itself and from two secondary sources to analyze how the author uses your chose point of analysis in the story.
• a secondary source is one that discusses or analyzes your chosen analytical element of your story. Many academic journals contain articles that discuss short stories. You must locate your secondary sources from the library databases (such as Gale Literary Databases, Academic Search Complete, Literature Resource Center, Gale Virtual Reference Library);
• secondary sources such as Shmoop, Cliff’s Notes, SparkNotes, enotes.com, bookrags.com, 123helpme.com, Wiki anything, and exampleessays.com are not accredited secondary sources for the purposes of this assignment;
• you can define a term or a concept using a dictionary or an encyclopedic reference, and you must then cite it, but it does not count towards your required analytical sources.
3. Part Three: The Conclusion
a) this is a general restatement or reiteration of your introduction;
b) be sure not to add anything new to your conclusion.
4. Other
a) you must use transitional words and phrases throughout, suggesting an overall understanding on your part of paragraphing, structure, and organization;
b) Turn It In/Drop Box is set up to allow you to rewrite over the submissions as many times as you need to prior to the deadline/drop box close date to allow you to make revisions after reviewing the results it provides;
c) you must have an MLA Works Cited page that includes the citation for your primary source (the story you have chosen) and two secondary sources;
d) you must use parenthetical in-text citations in addition to your Works Cited page. Generally this would include the source author’s last name, and the page number (Smith, 35);
