Choose 1- 2 symbols from one of the following short stories or the one play to write a symbol analysis essay with one secondary source: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (*NOTE: Content must differ from the model essay’s content.) “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Guidelines: Write a well-developed, multi-paragraphed essay with four paragraphs. Essay should be 2 ½ – 3 pages. Include a Works Cited page: The Works Cited page should appear on its own on either page 3 or page 4. (Follow Poe’s entry on page 1328 in your anthology. This entry is MLA 2016 update correct. Replace the author’s information, the short story’s title, and the short story’s pages with the short story you have chosen. If you choose Ibsen’s play, you will need to use a translation, and you will need to italicize the play’s title. Translation help is on page 1399 in your anthology.) Save the Works Cited page with the essay, not as a separate file. Use helpful information from the Symbol Analysis chapter. Include the author and work in the introduction. Remember that short story titles go in quotation marks, and if writing a phrase, the comma goes inside the end quotation marks. For example: In John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums,” the flowers symbolize … Include a clear thesis statement in your introduction. Choose 1 – 2 symbols. One body paragraph for each symbol if using two symbols. If using one symbol, make sure you have a smooth transition to the next possible meaning of the same symbol. Incorporate 2 – 3 quotes per body paragraph from the short story. Double check MLA in-text citations and quoting. Use the “Introducing Quotes and Using MLAPreview the documentView in a new window” handout for help in incorporating/integrating quotes correctly, citing quotes correctly, and punctuating quotes correctly. Secondary source must come from Del Mar College’s databases and must be a scholarly source. (Refer to Annotated Bibliography assignment. You may use the article you wrote your Annotated Bibliography over, or you may search for a new article, as long as the article is scholarly and is found in one of our databases.) Incorporate a total of 2 direct quotes from secondary source. Do not begin a paragraph with a quote. Do not end a paragraph with a quote. End with your voice explaining your concluding point. Do not quote back-to-back. Do not write “stand alone” or “dropped” quotes. In other words, in the essay there should not be a sentence that is quoted alone with no introductory phrase (signal verb) or an introductory sentence (with a colon). Use the “Incorporating Quotes and Using MLA” handout for help in incorporating/integrating quotes correctly, citing quotes correctly, and punctuating quotes correctly. Concluding paragraph. Follow correct MLA: heading, header, Times New Roman 12 point font, double spaced throughout, Works Cited page. Follow essay format found on pages 1326-1328, except that you will need to add the section. You are either in my 709 section or my 710 section. Look at your class schedule if you are not sure. Thus, it should look like this: English 1302.709 or English 1302.710. Audience: Your instructor and your classmates. Do not use any form of “you” or “I”—unless in a quote. Do not use contractions—unless in a quote. Do not ask questions in the essay. (No rhetorical questions.) Purpose: to inform, to entertain, and to persuade. Need a creative, original title. Essays need to be submitted to Canvas so that Canvas can use the Turnitin.com plagiarism-checking tool. Thus, do not e-mail me essays as attachments. Review in Announcements: Teaching Time: MLA and Other Comments Review MLA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJD28b9E38 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Refer to syllabus for late essay policy. Considerations: “Developing with Details”: maintain an effective balance of interpretive points and details. Too many details, and essay sounds like a summary; if just interpretive direction, then sounds “too abstract” and “unconvincing” (22). “Maintain a Critical Focus”: “The topic sentences (usually the first one of each paragraph in the body of the paper) should be critical observations supporting or relating to your thesis” (22). Re-read “Distinguishing Critical Comments from Plot Details” on page 23. Use active, vivid verbs.