Literary Analysis Final Draft
Choose one of the short stories from the above module, Writing about Literature. Make sure you have read the work thoroughly and understand the story’s text.
1. Create the introduction for your essay.
• Your introduction must identify the author and title of the work,
• Provide a brief summary and main characters
• Underline your thesis statement. In other words, what specifically will you focus on regarding the text of the short story, for example a character, symbols, or structure.
• Review the information on writing an effective thesis statement. Hint: Using a supporting thesis statement may be less challenging for this writing project.
• Underline the thesis statement you created in the introductory paragraph.
2. List two (2) secondary sources that you will use to support your thesis. A secondary source is information that a critic or writer has written about the short selected short story. You may find it necessary to adjust the thesis in light of the resources available to you. The secondary sources MUST be written with the appropriate MLA documentation.
3. Submit your assignment on two separate sheets: Introduction and Works Cited page. Remember to include the MLA heading for the page.