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Mid-Term Essay

Character Analysis

Text: THE OXFORD BOOK OF SHORT STORIES:Download Text: THE OXFORD BOOK OF SHORT STORIES:

Reading for this Assignment is from the Oxford Book of Short Stories, see above.

Read “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 

• Go over the materials we covered so far about the Elements of Fiction since this essay is going to require you to do a Character Analysis. 

After reading the assigned short story from the provided textbook, write a five-paragraph essay analyzing one of the characters from the story.

I have provided you with number of worksheets to help you along the way.

First, use the Character Graph Worksheet Download Character Graph Worksheetto understand the character and draw the most important areas you want to concentrate on. This is for your own use only.

Second, see the Character Analysis Assignment Document  Download Character Analysis Assignment Documentfor the detailed assignment guidelines and expectations. You will find the necessary information and some tips for the writing process here as well.

• Third, use the Essay Rubric Outline Download Essay Rubric Outlinedocument to visualize and organize the essay. 

Use the MLA style for the document. See the video and the file below for the MLA style help. 

Upload your Essay in a Word or PDF document, so I can see and edit on it directly. 

You DON’T need to submit any other documents, ONLY the final draft of the essay. 

See the Rubric for grading criteria.

• Good Luck!

MLA help Video and the Document. Download Document. 

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Grading:

See the rubric for grading criteria

Plagiarized work will be graded 0

Honor’s Section Requirements:

(For students who are taking the class for Honor’s Program)

Your paper should be 10-15 pages long

It should include at least two outside sources: use LAVC Library database on Literature to find articles. See the alphabetized list and click on letter “L”

Include an MLA cited page

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