Instructions: 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. 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 above 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.

Students: Be sure to read before you write, and again after you write, the rubric criteria by which your paper/project will be evaluated,