In-class Essay Topics
Two of the following three topics will be available for you to choose from:
1.
With reference to at least two of the
short stories that we’ve read in the unit, please discuss how the writer uses conflict to convey the theme and the message
of the story. You are more than
encouraged to bring plot elements and the writer’s narrative technique into the
discussion here. After all, we are studying short “stories”.
2.
With reference to at least two of the
short stories that we’ve read in the unit, please discuss how the writer uses characters to convey the theme and the
message of the story. You are more than
encouraged to bring plot elements and the writer’s narrative technique into the
discussion here. After all, we are studying short “stories”.
3.
With reference to at least two of the
short stories that we’ve read in the unit, please discuss how the writer uses symbolism and/or descriptive imagery to convey the theme and the message of the
story. You are more than encouraged to
bring plot elements and the writer’s narrative technique into the discussion
here. After all, we are studying short “stories”.
