1.      Select one short story from the readings for Unit 1 to write your literary analysis essay. Create a tentative thesis statement. You may locate the same thesis used for Worksheet #1

 

 

2.      Make a list of 5 or more topics that could work as topics for body paragraphs and that should support the thesis. You may put the same topics used for Worksheet #1 if you’ve decided to write on that short story and you received my approval on the topics (a comment such as “the topics should work for an analytical essay).

Topic #1:

Topic #2:

Topic #3:

Topic #4:

Topic #5:

 

 

3.      Based on one of the topics above, create a tentative topic sentence (one sentence). The topic sentence should work as a sub-claim that directly supports the main claim (the thesis). It should be a statement, not a question.

 

 

4.      Write one tentative body paragraph that starts with the topic sentence above. Make sure to include quotations, paraphrases, in-text citations, and your analysis / interpretation of the text. End the paragraph with a closing sentence logically connected with the topic sentence and the rest of the paragraph. The quotations should not exceed 40 % of the paragraph. Follow MLA strictly for the in-text citation (the author’s last name, one space, the page number without adding “p.”).

 

 

 

 

5.      Review good and bad examples of quotations below. Critique the way you used quotations in your tentative body paragraph above. Did you incorporate each quotation in your sentence efficiently? Or did you drop the quotation? If you dropped the quotation(s) in the paragraph above, add the revised version(s) here.

examples for #5 

Bad Example: a quotation is simply dropped.

“She could, if she wanted, wear green eye-shadow around one eye, a straight pin in her nostril, yellow slacks, and purple shoes” (Carver 30). The narrator makes fun of the marriage of Robert and his wife, using a mocking tone in his voice.

 

 

 

 

 

Good Example: The quotation is integrated in the sentence with the colon. The in-text citation follows MLA appropriately. The period is located properly at the very end.

 

The narrator makes fun of the marriage of Robert and his wife, using a mocking tone in his voice: “She could, if she wanted, wear green eye-shadow around one eye, a straight pin in her nostril, yellow slacks, and purple shoes” (Carver 30).

 

Good Example: The quotation is integrated in the sentence with appropriate word choice, grammar usage, and syntax / sentence structure. The in-text citation follows MLA appropriately. The punctuation mark is added properly.

 

The narrator mentions that Robert’s wife could “wear green eye-shadow around one eye, a straight pin in her nostril, yellow slacks, and purple shoes” (Carver 30), insinuating his judgmental view that she must have felt unhappy and miserable because of Robert’s inability to see her physical appearance.

 

1. “The Story of an Hour” is filled with ironies, especially in the last scene. Explain the ironical part of the ending. What triggered the narrator’s heart attack in the end? How did others view the cause of Louise’s death?

 

2. In “The Story of an Hour,” there are several descriptions on Louise’s husband Brently Mallard and their marriage life. What feelings and emotions does Louise have toward her husband? Is she satisfied with her life as his wife or is something missing in their marriage?