Throughout each piece of literature, there are messages and ideas that the author is trying to convey to his/her readers. These messages and ideas are called themes. Themes are represented in the text by certain characters, events in the story, and/or symbols and motifs.
Focusing on Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, develop an arguable theme that can be found in the story, and write a well-developed essay that identifies and explains your chosen theme and prove it through the use of quotes.
Paper Requirements:
Focusing on Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, develop an arguable theme that can be found in the story, and write a well-developed essay that identifies and explains your chosen theme and prove it through the use of quotes.
Paper Requirements:
- 2-3 typed pages in MLA format
- Arguable thesis (theme statement – see chart below) that is presented in introduction
- Each paragraph begins with a well-written topic sentence and ends with a well-written concluding sentence
- Transitions are used between ideas
- 3-4 quotes integrated into the body paragraphs that are properly cited according to MLA and support your thesis statement
Click HERE to see the Theme Essay Literary Analysis Rubric