Paper instructions:
Your assignment should have a strong, specific

thesis, such as “Poe’s ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ uses

the setting of the story to create a feeling of dread.”

This type of thesis would give you the key terms to use

in your analysis. Be sure to put your thesis sentence in

bold so your reader will know what it is.

Then develop your essay, providing details from the

story. Use in-text parenthetical citations each time you

quote (or paraphrase) from the story. If you use a

quotation or if you paraphrase the material (putting it in

your own words–no more than four words in a

sentence from the original), cite the page number where

it can be seen, and explain the point you are making

with that evidence. Summarize your key points in a

conclusion and restate the main idea of your thesis.

Provide a Works Cited (on a separate page) at the

end of your paper. Insert a page break after the

conclusion so that the Works Cited is always on

another piece of paper.