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 "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”by Joyce Carol Oates & "I Want to Know Why”  by Sherwood Anderson

 Using the two short stories above COMPARE ONLY how the author uses the PLOT to engage readers in the theme(s) of the story BEING SURE TO IDENTIFY IT/THEM.  IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE THEME FOCUS ON ONE.

-Are the authors working through similar or different means to the same ends or are they pursuing different outcomes?. 

-How do the elements work together to help the author create a reaction?

This essay will require analysis. Don’t bother retelling the story. 

   Instead, take the story apart to see how the pieces interact.  Show us cause-and-effect relationships, the causes being the elements, the effects being the readers’ reactions, and the relationships being the means by which the reactions were evoked.  Identify the general effect in a Thesis Statement (or Statement of the Controlling Idea). 

-Make use of frequent references to the story (and perhaps information in other parts of Clayton) in order to support your Controlling Idea.

-Cite all references But remember the references themselves will not be sufficient: You have to draw the connection.

-MLA FORMAT

-DOUBLE SPACED

- 500 words separate from work cited page