First, choose a story from this unit.
Second, reread it, paying close attention to
*plot events
*characters' actions
*story's theme
Be sure to identify the story and write a clear statement of its theme.
In your essay, answer the following questions: How do various elements of the story—conflict and resolution, characters’ dialogue and behavior—contribute to the story’s theme?
Support your ideas with references to the text.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THE ESSAY. I just need an explanation on what to do.
Write an essay in which you analyze the importance of plot events and characters’ actions to the development of a story’s theme. Review and evaluate a
story from the unit that has a clearly identifiable theme. You might choose “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, “The Story-Teller” by Saki, “The Finish of Patsy Barnes” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, or “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” by Ray Bradbury. Be sure to identify the story and write a clear statement of its theme. In your essay, answer the following question: How do various elements of the story—conflict and resolution, characters’ dialogue and behavior—contribute to the story’s theme? Support your ideas with references to the text.
4 answers
1. Pick one of the stories. Make sure it has a clearly identifiable theme.
http://literary-devices.com/content/theme
2. Give the title and author's name (usually somewhere in the first paragraph, but not necessarily in your thesis statement).
3. Clearly write a sentence in which you identify the theme. (Some stories have more than one theme; choose the one you can give most examples for out of the text.)
4. Make sure you can identify and write about the different elements of the plot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_(narrative)#Freytag
5. Explain how the different plot elements and the characters' dialogue and behavior "contribute to the story's theme." That is, how do those things emphasize the theme in your mind.
6. Make sure you are constantly referring to and/or quoting parts of the text of the story to prove what you write.
http://literary-devices.com/content/theme
2. Give the title and author's name (usually somewhere in the first paragraph, but not necessarily in your thesis statement).
3. Clearly write a sentence in which you identify the theme. (Some stories have more than one theme; choose the one you can give most examples for out of the text.)
4. Make sure you can identify and write about the different elements of the plot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_(narrative)#Freytag
5. Explain how the different plot elements and the characters' dialogue and behavior "contribute to the story's theme." That is, how do those things emphasize the theme in your mind.
6. Make sure you are constantly referring to and/or quoting parts of the text of the story to prove what you write.
can someone share there essay so I can see an example.
what so you can copy it? lol