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Welcome to Section 5.

In this section you will continue your study of prose fiction.  However, rather than writing your own story, you will be analyzing the fiction of other writers.  The readings below - and those contained in Section 4 - give examples of stories from 19th and 20th Century literary movements.  The slide presentations explain the details of these movements, give further examples, and show one way to analyze a short story.

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1. Formal Outline for Paper 4
2. Paper 4

Paper 4 is a five hundred (500) word critical analysis of a short story.  A sample critical analysis is contained in the second presentation. Paper 4 must be accepted before you move on to Section 6.

Before you do the readings and view the presentation below, please be advised of the following:

1. In this section you will complete and submit your fourth  written assignment.  Remember to follow the Submission Procedure outlined on the Web 1213 Home Page.

2. Paper 4 is a formal essay.  It should be written in a formal style.  You should use a formal five-paragraph essay format, with an introduction, a conclusion, and at least three body paragraphs.  You should use parenthetical citations for quotes, and do a Works Cited page.

3. If you have questions about  formal essay style, please see the review of sentence and paragraph structure on the Web 1213 Home Page.

Note 1: You will choose your target story from either Part 3 of the Course Packet (see the pdf file contained in Section 4) or Part 4 of the Course Packet (below).  You must choose one of the stories listed in the Paper 4 Story List (below).

Note 2: As with Part 3 of the Course Packet, there are no page numbers in Part 4.  

Note 3: When you write Paper 4, you must do an MLA style Work Cited entry for your target story.  However, unlike Paper 1 and Paper 2, for Paper 4 you will do an MLA style entry for a web-based source.  This means that you will not need page numbers for your parenthetical citations, or your Work Cited entry.  For your Work Cited entry, use the example on page 758 of the St. Martin's Guide, AN ENTIRE WEBSITE, to do your Works Cited page.  The date of last update for the Web 1213 Course Site is listed at the bottom of the Web 1213 Home Page.

Note 4: For your outside source, you will have to choose the correct format from the sample entries in St. Martin's, Chapter 22.  You must have at least one outside source for your critical analysis.

Note: There are four sample short stories in St. Martin's, Chapter 10.  You need only read "Araby" by James Joyce.   There are two sample student analyses of "Araby" in Chapter 10 to which you should pay special attention.  Both the Ratinov essay and the Crane essay are examples of Paper Option #2 (except that you should use Formal MLA Documentation).

	St. Martin's: Chapter 10, Interpreting Stories.
	St. Martin's: 772-779, Sample Formal Essay and Works Cited.
	Course Packet, Part 4 (contained in the pdf file directly below).
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For information on short stories and a sample critical analysis necessary to the successful completion of Paper 4, please click on the hyperlinks below and view the presentations.

Paper 4

	Write a formal essay of approximately five hundred (500) words that analyzes a short story from the Paper 4 Story List.
	You may analyze any of the stories to be found in Part 3 or Part 4 of the Course Packet that are listed on the Paper 4 Story List (below).
	Once you have selected a short story - and studied it carefully - you should choose Paper Option #1 or Paper Option #2.

Then you should follow these steps to complete the assignment:

1. Write a Formal Outline of your analysis.  Use complete sentences, follow the steps in the SAMPLE presentation, and use the outline contained in the second PowerPoint presentation above as a guide.

2. Submit your Formal Outline.  You should indicate which Paper Option you are doing.

3. Rewrite/Revise/Edit your Formal Outline until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.

4. Analyze the short story by expanding your Formal Outline into Paper 4, using Formal MLA Style.  You must use parenthetical citations for all quotes.  You must do a Works Cited page.  You must have at least one (1) outside source for Paper 4.  That means there should be at least two (2) entries on your Works Cited page.

5. Submit Paper 4.

6. Rewrite/Revise/Edit Paper 4 until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.

Note: Your Formal Outline must be submitted and returned marked ACCEPTED before you submit Paper 4.