Choose one of these prompts for your essay topic. Analyze the role of the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper. Provide specific examples showing why the narrator is reliable, unreliable, or moves from one state to the other. How does the narrator add to her story? How would the story change if told by a different type of narrator? Analyze the role of the unreliable narrator in The Cask of Amontillado. Provide specific examples showing why the narrator is reliable or unreliable. How does the unreliable narrator add to his story? How would the story change if told by a different type of narrator? The Yellow Wallpaper presents several antagonists for its narrator/protagonist. Of the many possibilities, choose one and argue why that antagonist is the main opposing force in the story. Further support this claim by explaining why the other possibilities are not as strong. Discuss the importance of setting in A Temporary Matter. Identify important aspects of physical setting and atmosphere and connect them to vital points in the plot. Three to four pages long 10-12 point font double spaced one-inch margins due in one week at the beginning of class essay must address all items presented in the prompt remember the essays requirements (thesis, mechanics, etc.) NOTES FOR TUTORS: The essays thesis statement must be one sentence long, the last sentence of the introduction, and must fully address the prompt. Each topic sentence must be one sentence long, the first sentence of the paragraph, must support the thesis, and must guide the paragraph. Each paragraph must provide three pieces of supporting textual evidence and full analysis of each piece of evidence.

Choose one of these prompts for your essay topic.

Analyze the role of the narrator in The Yellow Wallpaper. Provide specific examples showing why the narrator is reliable, unreliable, or moves from one state to the other. How does the narrator add to her story? How would the story change if told by a different type of narrator?

Analyze the role of the unreliable narrator in The Cask of Amontillado. Provide specific examples showing why the narrator is reliable or unreliable. How does the unreliable narrator add to his story? How would the story change if told by a different type of narrator?

The Yellow Wallpaper presents several antagonists for its narrator/protagonist. Of the many possibilities, choose one and argue why that antagonist is the main opposing force in the story. Further support this claim by explaining why the other possibilities are not as strong.

Discuss the importance of setting in A Temporary Matter. Identify important aspects of physical setting and atmosphere and connect them to vital points in the plot.


Three to four pages long
10-12 point font
double spaced
one-inch margins
due in one week at the beginning of class
essay must address all items presented in the prompt
remember the essays requirements (thesis, mechanics, etc.)


NOTES FOR TUTORS:

The essays thesis statement must be one sentence long, the last sentence of the introduction, and must fully address the prompt.

Each topic sentence must be one sentence long, the first sentence of the paragraph, must support the thesis, and must guide the paragraph.

Each paragraph must provide three pieces of supporting textual evidence and full analysis of each piece of evidence.