ENGL 1001 A02 202425: 2: Critical EssayC/C++

Java Python ENGL_1001_A02_202425:Assignment 2:Critical Essay

Instructions

The first assignment was something of a diagnostic holiday,but from this point on you should be more objective and analytical.Try to avoid self-references and subjective observations about the reader.There are wonderful works of art  in the course textbook and the more you focus on the texts,the more you will getout of them.

Be sure to back-up your arguments with examples from the stories.Quotations and close paraphrases require a page   number in parenthesis and a citation in a Works Cited list using MLA style.You aren't required to do any research for this essay but,as always,secondary material is welcome.

Your essay should have three parts:an introductory paragraph,a body containing fully developed paragraphs,and a concluding paragraph.Following is a general guide for what to include in each section of your essay.

In your introductory paragraph:

·Provide the complete title of the story you've chosen and the author's complete name. ·Identify clearly your essay topic.

·Include a strong thesis statement on your topic. In your analysis in the body of your essay:

·Make effective use of topic sentences to identify the main ideas of your analysis.

·Support your comments with evidence (paraphrase and direct quotations)from your chosen story. ·Explain the significance of each piece of evidence you present.

In your concluding paragraph:

·Summarize how your analysis supports your thesis. ·Restate your thesis in different words.

Writing Help

If you have questions about acade ENGL 1001 A02 202425: Assignment 2: Critical EssayC/C++ mic writing,MLA citations,or Works Cited lists,the following resources may help:

● TRU Library' s MLA Citation Style Guide

·Purdue  University's  Online  Writing  Lab(OWL)MLA Formatting and Style. Guide

·Open Learning students can get writing support online or in person on TRU's Kamloops campus at the Writing Centre. Peer tutors give feedback on your writing (including organization,sentence structure,grammar,or

punctuation);answer questions about MLA style. or citations;and offer strategies for effective revision

·Also check the resources listed in the Writing Resources and Reading Resources course areas.

Critical Essay Topics

Choose just one of the following topics:

1.There are different types of irony.The most obvious one in short stories is when a character or a narrator says one thing but deliberately means another.Analyze the use of irony in “Rules of the Game”(Tan).

2.How  does the  physical  setting  in  either  “The  Yellow  Wallpaper”(Gilman)or  “Death  by  Landscape”(Atwood) mirror the  protagonist's  inner  conflicts?

3.Although children are thought of as resilient beings,they are susceptible to never recovering from youthful trauma.Evaluate the damaging power of the past on a child in one of the seven stories.

4.There is clinical metal illness,and then there are more subtle types of aberrant behaviour.Analyze the mental heath  of  the   protagonist  in“Paul's  Case”(Cather)or  “To  Room  Nineteen”(Lessing).

5.Some stories end quite conclusively,with all loose ends tied-up,but others resist a sense of closure