ENG 102 ESSAY 2 Character Encounter and Commentary

DUE:  March 10,  LENGTH: 800-900 words

FORMAT

ASSIGNMENT

Choosing characters: Select stories with common themes or characters who may learn from each other. Consider how the characters help us understand ourselves and our world. Use an author's setting or create a suitable one.

Title: Create a title that reflects the theme of the encounter.

Dialog: Indent paragraphs for new speakers and follow punctuation rules for quotations. Use simple speaker tags (he said, she said) only when necessary. Break up long dialog with narration in between stating actions of characters rather than using adverbs about how they speak.

Citations: When you quote from the works, use author and page references to stories in parentheses after the quotation. Also credit any ideas from commentaries in the textbook. For example, a citation following a quotation may be either
(O'Connor 239 ).   OR    (239). 

Include the bibliography titled Works Cited as a separate page at the end of the essay.

 

Works Cited  [substitute your two selected stories]

O'Connor, Flannery. "Good Country People." Literature: A Pocket Anthology. Ed. R. S. Gwynn. New York: Longman, 2007. 222-240.

Hemingway, Ernest."Hills Like White Elephants." Literature: A Pocket Anthology. Ed. R. S. Gwynn. New York: Longman, 2007. 165-169.

Oates, Joyce Carol. "Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?" Literature: A Pocket Anthology. Ed. R. S. Gwynn. New York: Longman, 2007. 286-301.

Steinbeck, John. "The Chrysanthemums" Literature: A Pocket Anthology. Ed. R. S. Gwynn. New York: Longman, 2007. 170-179.

 

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