PLEASE READ ALL ATTACHMENTS (TOTAL 5)....YOU CAN ONLY USE AND CITE THE 2 ARTICLES BELOW....IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CHAT WITH ME!!!Short Story Paper AssignmentShort Story Critical Analysis Pap

Step-by-Step Short Story Paper Guide

Short Story Paper In-depth Writing Guide

Follow this guide and check each step off as you progress. 

     Writing this paper is just like writing any other paper you learned to write in College Composition I or II: 

• State the point (thesis) of your entire essay at the end of the introductory paragraph.

• Prove/support your point with specific examples and quotations from the story and critical articles throughout the body paragraphs.

• Restate the theme as a lesson learned from the story in your conclusion.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Read pages 21-36 about how to write a literary analysis.

2. Read the “Secret Lion” paper for a model symbol-theme analysis paper (pages 194-195).

3. Read about writing a symbol analysis on pages 188-196.

4.  Read the critical article or interview uploaded at MODULES about the story you want to write a symbol analysis. You are required to use and cite at least one of the articles/interviews throughout the body of your paper.

5.  Highlight symbols/theme analysis in the critical articles.

6.  Make a list or outline of 3 or more symbols in the story. (Remember: Symbols may be people, places, objects, actions, etc.) These 3 or more symbols will be the 3 or more body paragraphs of your essay.

A. Symbol 1:

B. Symbol 2:

C. Symbol 3:

7. What theme (point the writer makes in the story about life or people) do these symbols reveal? Write it out here:

8. The theme you wrote above is your thesis statement; now write the 3 or more body paragraphs based on your 1, 2, 3 list above. Go back into the story and look for a good quotation to illustrate each symbol analysis in each body paragraph. Be sure to use and cite the critical article(s) for any ideas or words you use from it. And don’t forget to use the critical article(s) in each body paragraph!

9. Write the 3 or more body paragraphs about the 3 or more symbols. Include (1) quotations/paraphrases from the critical articles and (2) quotations from the story to illustrate your analysis.

10. When you finish the last body paragraph, you will naturally flow into your conclusion where you restate the theme/thesis.

11. Write an introductory paragraph that captures the reader’s attention and that ends in your thesis statement that you wrote in step 5 above.

12. Proofread your paper for clear symbol analysis and good support from the critical article(s) or quotations from the story. "A" papers correctly use and cite at least one quotation from the story in each body paragraph. "A" papers correctly use and cite the critical article(s) in each body paragraph.

13. After you are satisfied with the content, proofread your paper for correct parenthetical citations to the critical article(s) and story and correct quotation marks.

14. Create a Works Cited page.

After you have completed the above steps, proofread your paper for correct grammar, mechanics, and parenthetical citations. If you need help with grammar and mechanics, I highly recommend Purdue University’s OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Click on Grammar, Mechanics, or Punctuation in the left margin to find help with your issue.

Click here for general Paper Format Guidelines. 

*A few helpful tips: 

1. Each time you use the title of a short story, it should have quotation marks around it. Example: “Everyday Use”

2. Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks (UNLESS you have a parenthetical citation).

Example 1: Emily Grierson is the protagonist of the short story “A Rose for Emily.”

Example 2: Emily Grierson is a symbol of the post-Civil War South in the short story “A Rose for Emily” (Madden).

3. Do not shift into second person “you” in the paper. Use terms such as “the reader” or “one” instead of the word “you.”

4. Include a Works Cited page. There is a model Works Cited entry on each critical article. Be sure to double space and indent it correctly. See chapters 6 and 7 in your book for help with MLA format and citing sources in your paper. There is an updated model Works Cited page at OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

1. Example of how to write a Works Cited entry for a story in our textbook (NEW MLA style):

Walker, Alice. “Everyday Use.” Compact Literature: Reading, Writing, 
     Reacting, 9th ed., edited by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, 
     Wadsworth, 2016, pp. 427-433.

2. Example of how to write a parenthetical citation for a quote from the above example story:

The mother in "Everyday Use" said, "I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down" (Walker 428).

 Finally, check your paper using the Short Story Paper Rubric.