Can I please have help with assignment?
With this paper, you will analyze a short story of your choice and divulge the hidden meaning(s) found in the text.
You may choose any of the essays on this link (or another scholarly work of your choosing):
Short Story ChoicesLinks to an external site.
Address the following prompt:
What is the message of the story you chose? What techniques or strategies does the writer use to deliver the message? Please use the worksheet you completed in Learning Activity #1 to help you determine the techniques.
For example, did the author use foreshadowing, figurative language, suspense, etc. to help deliver the message? Did the author use characterization to help deliver the message? Did the author use the sequence of events to deliver the message?
When writing this paper, you need to focus on one or two strategies. The main purpose of this paper is the determine whether you can figure out the story’s central message and find which methods the author used to deliver that message.
Paper Details:
MLA formatting (Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double spaced, heading in upper left corner, header begins on page two)
Creative opener (attention-grabbing hook); connecting sentences leading up to thesis; thesis is last sentence of intro
Multiple body paragraphs. Each one considers a different aspect of the paper. Paragraphs should have good topic sentences, textual evidence, primary source citation, analysis, and some type of transition (this could actually either come at the beginning of the paragraph or at the end)
Conclusion that does not simply restate the thesis. Conclusion should extend the topic in some way.
