Essay Topics and Instructions for Comp II
Unit 2: Essay 2
ENG 1123, Hyche Essay 2
Unit 2: “The Rocking Horse Winner,” “Everyday Use,” and “A Visit of Charity”
Instructions:
Compose a critical analysis essay on one of the topics below. Your essay should be well developed, unified, coherent, and grammatically correct. Refer to the Grading Criteria for MCC English Classes in the First Day Handout for this course. Required length: Approximately 2 pgs (not including Work Cited)
Create a topic statement and back up your claim with support/evidence from the text. Support should contain clear, specific examples from the story or stories you are analyzing, as well as documentation for all text references. Include at least two quotations from the story in each body paragraph of your essay.
Follow MLA format: Use size 12, Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins; double space.
Include a Work Cited page. It is not included in the two-page length requirement; it should appear on a separate page at the end of your paper.
Topics:
Analyze a particular character from one of the stories in this unit. In your essay, you may examine how point-of-view and tone (or setting, conflict, imagery, symbolism, etc.) contribute to the overall development of that character, or you may want to discuss the character’s motivation for his/her actions.
Discuss the significance of symbolism or the significance of the journey in “A Worn Path.”
3). Symbolism in any work from Unit 2.
4.) Using any of the works from Unit 2, analyze a chosen theme.
Last Completed Projects
| topic title | academic level | Writer | delivered |
|---|
