An essay is thoughts put to the page in an organized manner. When developing an argumentative literary analysis essay, your goal is to write out your thoughts about a text, the ideas it contains, and the literary elements that develop these ideas in a way that convinces, persuades, the reader to agree with you

An essay is thoughts put to the page in an organized manner. When developing an argumentative literary analysis essay, your goal is to write out your thoughts about a text, the ideas it contains, and the literary elements that develop these ideas in a way that convinces, persuades, the reader to agree with you
Activities

To successfully complete this unit:

Pick one (1) Argumentative paper topic from the collection below to create one (1) Individual Argumentative Essay consisting of:
-1 Introduction Paragraph
5 sentences

-3 Body Paragraphs
15 sentences each body paragraph
must have a mix of sentence types

-1 Conclusion Paragraph
3 sentences

Longer length is acceptable, shorter will cost you points

Use The Argumentation Blueprint uploaded below as an example for the structure of your paper, and make yours look and read like that example

Support your opinion with examples from the entire work either a direct quote or a paraphrase to support your answer

No outside sources should be used, cited, or included here

Follow the general APA formatting guidelines by watching the video below to set up your paper

Use The Transitions List uploaded below to help create a variety of sentences

Use the Good Beginnings document uploaded below for examples on how to create an interesting opening sentence for your paper

This information from Purdue’s OWL site may also help
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/argumentative_essays.html

Question:

Theres a lot of give and take about whether the characters’ Jewish-American heritage in The Sisters Rosensweig is a help or a hindrance to them in a changing world. Do you think it is, or do you think it isn’t?
Decide whether you think it is, OR you think it isn’t, and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

In The Heidi Chronicles, Heidis women friends all become successful in their own right. Did you find that most exhibit strong personalities, much more outspoken and self-assured than Heidi?
Decide either yes they do, or no they don’t, and and create a persuasive essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

In The Glass Menagerie, Williams describes Amanda as having failed to establish contact with reality. Now think about the character of Tom.
Decide whether Tom has OR has not, “failed to establish contact with reality” and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche stayed at home to care for dying relatives; Stella left. Which sister did the right thing?
While you can make an argument for either sister, PICK ONE sister, and create an argumentative essay listing three reasons why you feel she did the right thing, and supporting your position using evidence from the play, or scenes from the film adaptation

Question:

At one point in A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche tells Mitch: “The first time I laid eyes on [Stanley] I thought to myself, that man is my executioner! That man will destroy me.” And indeed, at the play’s climactic moment Stanley declares: “We’ve had this date with each other from the beginning!” Are the play’s characters pawns of fate, acting out destinies over which they have little control, OR are they fully conscious of and responsible for their actions?
Pick one OR the other, and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

Some critics agree that Minnie is Trifles’ most important character. Do you agree OR disagree?
Decide whether she is OR is not, and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play both what Glaspell writes in her stage direction comments, and what the other characters actually say about her

Question:

Examine how Wasserstein addresses issue of womens liberation. What is she saying about this issue, and how does she get her points across in the play? Write a persuasive essay, and cite specific examples from the film/play to support your position
Pick one side, and create a persuasive essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

Theres a lot of give and take about whether the characters’ Jewish-American heritage in The Sisters Rosensweig is a help or a hindrance to them in a changing world. Do you think it is, or do you think it isn’t?

Decide whether you think it is, OR you think it isn’t, and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play

Question:

The Costa Verde, in Night of the Iguana, could be considered a place of limbo for ex., Shannon frequently stays there when he “cracks”, and Hannah and Nonno arrive while Nonno is “stuck” writing his final poem. Do the characters ever get beyond their limbo, or do they simply settle into it?

Pick one side, three characters, and create a persuasive essay supporting your opinion with examples from the play

Question:

Dick Lochte, in his review of The Sisters Rosensweig in the Los Angeles Times, states, Though most of these . . . characters get their fair share of witty dialogue, there is something just a bit too predictable about everything they do.

Do you agree with this statement? Provide specific examples from the play to support your answer

Question:

In A Doll House, think about why Kristine Linde changes her mind and convinces Krogstad not to retrieve his letter of revelation in the end. Even, or especially, in light of the final consequences, was she right or wrong to do so?
Decide whether she was right OR wrong, and create an argumentative essay supporting your position with examples from the play

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