Write a 1,000- to 1,250-word paper detailing your reaction to each selection. Include the following in your paper:
• A summary of the strategies you think the writer used to convey a particular idea.
• Describe how you personally relate to the theme and explain the intended purpose of each story and its theme.
• Use quotes from each selection to support your paper. At the end of the paper, consider how you analyzed the stories and answer the following questions:
• What makes each of the chosen selections nonfiction?
• Is imagination required for writing and reading nonfiction? Why or why not?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Read the nonfiction selections below in Literature for Composition:
• "Salvation," Langston Hughes (pp. 343-345)
• "On Going Home," Joan Didion (pp. 635-637)
• "About Men," Gretel Ehrlich (pp. 743-745)
• "Who Will Light the Incense When Mother's Gone?" Andrew Lam (pp. 1115-1117)
• "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King, Jr. (pp. 1300-1313)