The assignment
Every person, real or fictional, possesses character traits or personality traits. These traits determine how a person thinks or feels about a particular topic, how a person acts, and how a person interacts with others. Sometimes a person possesses character traits that negatively affect the people around him/her, and sometimes those traits positively affect the people around him/her.
Option 1: Choose ONE character from a novel or short story we have read in class, and write an essay on 2-3 character traits s/he possesses. In that essay, use quotes to prove whether those character traits have a positive influence on other characters OR a negative influence on other characters.
Option 2: Choose ONE trait and 2-3 characters that exhibit that trait (the characters can come from any texts we have read this semester). Write an essay that proves whether that traits causes the individuals to have a positive OR negative influence on other characters.
NEW areas to pay close attention to:
Areas to pay close attention to that were introduced on the Narrative Essay:
1. Correct MLA formatting 3. Times New Roman, size 12 font 5. No contractions
2. 2-3 pages in length 4. 3rd person only 6. Use at least 1 semicolon correctly
Option 1: Choose ONE character from a novel or short story we have read in class, and write an essay on 2-3 character traits s/he possesses. In that essay, use quotes to prove whether those character traits have a positive influence on other characters OR a negative influence on other characters.
Option 2: Choose ONE trait and 2-3 characters that exhibit that trait (the characters can come from any texts we have read this semester). Write an essay that proves whether that traits causes the individuals to have a positive OR negative influence on other characters.
NEW areas to pay close attention to:
- Arguable claim statement presented in the introduction
- Each paragraph begins with a well-written topic and concluding sentence
- Quotes are integrated into the body paragraphs and are properly cited with the author’s name and page number
Areas to pay close attention to that were introduced on the Narrative Essay:
- Run-ons
- Commas as separators
- Spelling
- Word choice (vivid and grade-appropriate)
- Narrow focus
- Transitions
- MLA formatting
1. Correct MLA formatting 3. Times New Roman, size 12 font 5. No contractions
2. 2-3 pages in length 4. 3rd person only 6. Use at least 1 semicolon correctly
Resources
Step by step PowerPoint
Incorporating text evidence in your essay (using quotes)
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Incorporating text evidence in your essay (using quotes)
Sample 1
Sample 2
Sample 3
Youtube video suggested by Joey Whittall :)