Instruction
Prompt (What are you writing about?):
How does Setting affect/contribute to the plot of your chosen story?
Note: Remember that Setting is not only the place in which a story occurs. It is also mood, weather, time, and atmosphere. These things drive other parts of the story.
Instructions (how to get it done):
◻ Read through all of the instructions of this assignment.
◻ Read all of the unit resources.
◻ Select one of the short stories to write about.
◻ Your audience for this essay is people who have read the stories.
◻ Decide in what three ways the setting contributes to the plot of your chosen story.
◻ Formulate a thesis about setting and these three areas.
◻ Your essay prompt is: How does Setting affect/contribute to the plot of your chosen story?
◻ Your essay will have the following components:
o A title page
o An Introduction
o A thesis at the end of the introduction that clearly states how setting affects the story
o Supporting sections that defend your thesis/focus of the essay
o Text support with properly cited in-text citations
o A concluding paragraph
o A reference page
Requirements:
• Length and format: 2-3 pages.
• The title page and reference page are also required, but they should not be factored into the 2-3 page length of the essay.
• It should also be double spaced, written in Times New Roman, in 12 point font and with 1 inch margins. Essay should conform to APA formatting and citation style.
• Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as “I,” “you,” “we,” etc.
• Please use the short story sources and any outside sources you need to create a properly- formatted APA reference page.
• Use APA format for in-text citations and references when using outside sources and textual evidence.
• Skills to be assessed with this assignment: creating effective thesis statements, incorporating text, responding to literature.
• Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use in-text citations for direct quotes, paraphrases, and new information.