Reference no: EM133220841
Topic: "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin
1. Carefully explore the text, considering the ideas and the devices and techniques used by the author.
2. Carefully constructed response to the text you've selected. Your response should discuss the following:
Your personal reactions to the text,
Your interpretation of the text, including identification of literary techniques and devices and how these add to the author's development of ideas, characters, themes, etc.; and
Your personal connections to the text
3. Make plentiful use of direct textual evidence from the text and be sure to include in-text parenthetical citations and a Works Cited. Use this opportunity to practise integrating evidence into your writing prior to your final essay assignment in this unit.
4. Your writing should be formal, but you may use first-person perspective because this is a personal reading response.