Assignment

Write a five-paragraph essay with a brief introduction and conclusion. Selection is two short stories (“Zlateh the Goat,” and “Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus”) and two novels (Esperanza Rising and Tuck Everlasting), choose ONE, and explain how it is an example of masterful writing.

Choose three separate passages of writing in the short story or novel (from various parts of the story), introduce the context of the quoted passage, quote the passage, document the page number in parentheses, and explain in your own words why it is an example of masterful writing. Be specific in your explanation.

Needs to be 600 words minimum!

1 Introduction

3 Body paragraphs

1 Conclusion

Each body paragraph must include:

An explanation with context, documentation, and thorough a explanation of how the quoted passage illustrates masterful writing.

Many people consider writing masterful when it…

• Paints a vivid picture in the readers’ minds through the use of sensory imagery
• Uses literary and poetic language like similes, metaphors, alliteration, and personification to engage the readers
• Connects with people universally—across time and distances. This relates to Shakespeare, for example. We don’t live in Elizabethan London in the late 1500’s, but many people still relate to the passionate love of Romeo and Juliet or the dark depths of despair that Hamlet experiences when his own mother remarries too soon after the loss of Hamlet’s father. Although Shakespeare’s plays were written hundreds of years ago, the characters and their stories relate to us today.