For this essay, you will develop a literary argument about a short story—analyzing how the author uses craft elements like character, setting, point of view, or theme to create meaning. The essay is written and formatted in MLA style.
Assignment & Prewriting
How-To Resources
Stories & Student Samples
The Necklace — Guy de Maupassant
Sample Essay: (Un)making Mathilde
A & P — John Updike
The Tell-Tale Heart — Edgar Allan Poe
A Good Man Is Hard to Find — Flannery O'Connor
Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? — Joyce Carol Oates
The Paper Menagerie — Ken Liu
The Woman Who Tried to Be Good — Edna Ferber
The Door — E.B. White