• MLA formatting
• At least 900 words
• Written in edited academic English
• An arresting, well-developed introductory paragraph
• A developed thesis, at the end of your introduction, that answers the question posed by the prompt. This thesis should be restated at the beginning of your conclusion.
• A summary of the short story
• Use of at least 3 outside sources; 1 may be from the Internet, provided it’s legitimate; two you must find using our library resources. You may use other sources, if you like, provided they are legitimate.
• A paragraph discussing the role of illness in the story
• A paragraph defining and explaining the importance of empathy and reading. There are many sources you can find that make arguments about this.
• 2 analytical paragraphs that explain how the illness helps the reader to develop a sense of empathy. Pick TWO specific moments from the story. These paragraphs tend to be most successful when they focus on particular scenes. Each of these paragraphs should contain quotations from the story and analyze how those quotes – or the ideas/actions therein – help to develop a sense of empathy in the reader. When you are thinking about how a movie addresses illness, you can think about negative examples, themes/morals, specific scenes, or the ways in which fiction makes a reader adopt new perspectives.
• A reflective paragraph in which you discuss whether you feel the authorial strategies worked. This should feel personal: paragraphs that feel nonspecific, cliched, or robotic will lose points. This paragraph can contain a personal reflection or it can be written in 1st person. s paragraph
• A thought-provoking conclusion that restates the thesis and leaves the reader with something to think about
