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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Need help writing a short story draft for the story posted in the thesis below.
In Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," the theme of war's grim realities is carefully facilitated through characterization, setting, and irony.
The assignment instructions are:
-This Essay will be a Five Paragraph Essay, 700 word minimum: introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion.
-Choose ONE short story we have studied this session. You will take three direct quotations from this story for inclusion within your essay. You will use ONE quote per body paragraph.
-Document the three quotations using correct MLA format for in-text citations.
-There will be a correctly formatted Works Cited section for the short story. You will correctly cite the short story.
-Focus your analysis on the THEME of the work, and show how the author develops his/her THEME through the use of three literary elements we have studied.
II: Follow these guidelines when organizing and drafting your Short Story Literary Analysis Essay:
-Create an original title for your essay which reflects the central idea of your work.
-Within the introductory paragraph, introduce the plot but avoid an extended plot summary.
-Include a preview of the three literary elements within your thesis, making sure to use parallel structure.
-Each literary element will serve as the central idea for each of the three body paragraphs.
-Introduce your body paragraphs using restricted topic sentences.
-Use transition words effectively
-Use three quotations from the short story to illustrate the main focus within each of the body paragraphs (minimum of one direct quotation per body paragraph). Use examples from the story as well as your own commentary and interpretation to support the point of each paragraph.
-Document quotes from the primary source/short story with correctly formatted parenthetical citations using MLA format. Also include a Works Cited section for the primary source/short story from your Norton Anthology.
-Finish the essay with a strong concluding paragraph.
-Use only third person objective point-of-view. Do not use first person "I" or me , second person "you" or subjective third person "we", our or "us".