1. Write a 5-paragraph essay explaining your interpretation of a given shory story(choose one), using those 3 pieces of evidence as support.
2.  select either Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” or Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.” Identify 1 major theme in the short story you’ve chosen. (As we discussed in class this week, a theme is more than just one word like “death.” A theme would be the statement you think the story is making about death. In the “How to Analyze Literature” video, they argue that the major theme of Cinderella is “dreams can come true if you don’t give up.”) After you’ve identified the major theme of the story, develop a thesis statement that sums up your interpretation of the story. (In the sample literary argument essay, the student’s thesis is “Although both women are expected to maintain a certain role in society, Mrs. Mallard, unlike Josephine, is not satisfied with her life due to the societal restrictions.” I recommend looking at the Developing a Thesis for a Literary Argument video before you begin.) Locate 3 significant moments in the story (these can be scenes, conversations between characters, individual lines of narration, etc.) to support your thesis. (In the sample essay, the student used different reactions from the two characters as evidence.) Then, in a standard 5-paragraph essay, explain your interpretation of the short story. There is no hard and fast  word count requirement; however, you are expected to compose a standard academic essay that includes an Introduction (with thesis), conclusion, and an appropriate number of body paragraphs (no less than three). This means that your essay must include  NO LESS THAN FIVE unified, focused, appropriately-developed, and well-supported paragraphs.Your essay will be graded holistically, and scores will be based on the Final Exam Grading Rubric attached above. 
3. To sum up the requirements:

Identify 1 major theme in the short story you’ve chosen.

Develop a thesis statement that sums up your interpretation of the story.

Locate 3 significant moments in the story to support your thesis.

Write a 5-paragraph essay explaining your interpretation of the story, using those 3 pieces of evidence as support.