Select OPTION 1 or 11. You do not need to complete a Works Cited page, but you should frame all quotations and paraphrases and provide parenthetical citations.
OPTION I
Jamaica Kincaid Short Story Girl portrays a mother who gives valuable advice to her daughter. Using the text explore three benefits/advantages of this advice.
OPTION II
Naguib Mahfouzs short story Half A Day centers on a young boy growing old in less than a day. Using the text, discuss his journey.
Please use the checklist below to guide your composing process:
Introduction:
Introduces the story and the topic.
Contains a thesis that responds to the assignment question directly.
Body paragraphs:
Contain topic sentences that support the thesis.
Stay focused on the topic sentences.
Make a claim and add a signal phrase. E.g., He states, she declares, etc.
Provide textual evidence for your claim and explain/analyze its relevance.
Cite parenthetically (p. 1) There are no lines in these stories.
Conclusion:
Reinstates the thesis (in different words)
Offers a meaningful take-away to the reader.
Do not write the paper in past tense( don’t use was, were) and don’t use contraction.
* These were the in class assignments that the professor gave us :
For half a day
A) A) How has the narrator and his environment changed later in the day/evening when he leaves school? What role does time play?
B) What is significant about this day for the narrator? Point it out anywhere in the text and say why.
C) C) How does his journey connect to the death of the pastoral, to the death of the Sacred /God, and to the human condition? Use evidence from the text to support your analysis.
For the Girl
OPTION 1 Jamaica Kincaid short story Girl” is about a young girl who is being taught the importance of becoming a woman with morals. What is significant about these lessons?
OPTION 11 What is Girls central theme about? Discuss the narrators message in the development of this young woman.
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