Short story Essay Using the novel ‘Where are you going and where have you been”

“Short Story” Unit: Essay Topics (Choose One)
SHORT ESSAY (2 PAGES, NO LONGER THAN 3 PAGES)
CHOICE #1: How does point of view impact the story unfolding in either (you choose) Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” OR Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “Volar?” In your essay, make sure you explain how point of view impacts the narration in either story, and how narration is different from plot, making sure to find, interpret, analyze and evaluate details in the story of your choice.
CHOICE #2: What role does popular culture (music, film and radio, certain postwar settings) play in Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where are you Going and Where Have You Been?”Write an essay that explains ONE form of popular culture and its effect on Connie by finding, interpreting, analyzing and evaluating textual details in the story.
CHOICE #3: The narrator of “Araby”is blind to the importance ofall the details in the story, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore them. What is the significance of Mrs. Mercer and her “pious purpose,” for example? Of the poem the narrator’s uncle begins to recite? Of the books the priest leaves behind or the conversation the narrator overhears at the bazaar? Choose one of these details and write an essay that links your chosen detail to the narrator’s adoration of Mangan’s sister or to his sense of frustration at the end of the story.
NOTEONSCORING:I’LLBEUSINGARUBRIC TOASSESSANDEVALUATE YOUR ESSAY BASED ONSEVENCRITERIA.
Introduction and Conclusion

torepresentfreshness of thoughtanddepth of insight Thesis(either as
statementor controllingidea)

toshowunity anddepthof insight Topic sentences andTransitions

toshow coherence and representlogical thinking
Evidence

toshow attentionto concrete textualdetails (ascluesand proof) Commentary

toshowmastery of interpretation, analysisand evaluation Style,Vocabularyand Sentence Structure

toshoweffective word choice,varietyand order (syntax) for ease of reading Mechanics and Coherence

toshoweffective punctuation, grammar and citationformat for easeof reading
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