Purpose of the assignment: In this assignment, you will be asked to practice critical thinking and writing skills, learn to develop points, practice analyzing a text, practice using literary terminology, and practice communicating an idea clearly and fully.
Topic:
In 1937, the novelist Richard Wright argued: â€œMiss Hurston voluntarily continues in her novel the tradition which was forced upon the Negro in the theater, that is, the minstrel technique that makes â€˜the white folksâ€™ laughâ€¦The novel carries no theme, no message, no thought. In the main, her novel is not addressed to the Negro, but to a white audience whose chauvinistic tastes she knows how to satisfy.â€ Respond to this claim.
Basic Guidelines:
â€¢ Your essay must have a clear, argumentative thesis statement in the introduction.
â€¢ The body of the essay needs to develop and support the claim you articulate in your thesis.
â€¢ The closing portion of your essay needs to do more than merely restate the key ideas youâ€™ve discussed in the body of your text.
Rhetorical Situation:
â€¢ Purpose: To make a claim about an authorâ€™s work.
â€¢ Mode: Analytical
â€¢ Evidence: Quotes from the text/ two additional credible articles
â€¢ Voice: Formal

Special Constraints:
â€¢ Incorporate a thesis statement
â€¢ 4-5 pages (4 full pages minimum); five paragraphs minimum
â€¢ A Works Cited page (does not count as part of the page length requirement)
â€¢ Final draft should be submitted in MLA Format
â€¢ Give work an original title.

Purpose of the assignment: In this assignment, you will be asked to...