Prompt: (HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL )

Pick one chapter to analyze.
Choose one larger theme from the book: race, class, gender, sexuality…
Construct an argument around how the chapter is written to help you gain an understanding of one of these themes.
Use the poetic devices list to help you.

Your essay should be 3-7 pages, Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced. You should be able to demonstrate an understanding of claim, evidence, analysis, and development of a thesis with three subtopics. You should also have command of your commas, tenses, and other grammatical aspects outlined in class and in Rules For Writers.