The Short Story Essay

Choose at least four short stories you have read independently and explain in an essay that uses the MLA format, how one element (point of view, conflict, character, etc.) is used by the authors to convey meaning. The paper should answer the question "how" and may also include reasons "why" the story was written that way.

Use the writing process when working on this essay.

You will receive credit for these pieces at different stages of the process:

1. A brief summary of the four stories using Freytag's pyramid.
2. Two other pre-writing activities (invention strategies) that use looping.
3. An outline.
4. A self- editing checklist.
5. Two peer edits.
6. Final Draft with a Works Cited page.