The intent is to write an analytical discussion of a work of fiction, poetry or drama fromour Literature book. You may also choose to write about “Medea.” You may choose awork which we discussed in class, but you are not limited to the assigned stories. If youchoose a selection which the book has used as the subject of a sample paper, you maydiscuss the selection, but your topic must be significantly different from the topic of thesample paper.

You should write a traditional paper with a structure that includes an introduction, body,and conclusion. The introduction could include brief background information about thewriter. The Literature book does provide some information about the writers, butadditional information can be found on the internet or in the library. Brief biographicalinformation will not require documentation. Analytical or interpretive statements fromother writers about the selected work do require documentation, but this paper does notrequire such researched statements. The introduction also needs to include some generalopening statements about your specific selection, leading to a thesis indicating thespecific analytical approach of this paper.

1. 5 paragraph minimum
2. 500 word minimum
3. Do not use 2nd person, except in quotes.
4. Do not retell or summarize the story.
5. Do not offer a critique indicating whether or not you liked the selection.
6. Write or type in double space.
7. work cited