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The requirements: 

When writing about literature, your goal as an academic writer is to develop an argument based on your analysis and interpretation of an aspect of the literary text you are reading. DO NOT restate or summarize what you read. As Edgar V. Roberts explains in his book, Writing About Literature: 

As you approach the task of writing, you should constantly realize that your goal should always be to explain the work you are analyzing. You should never be satisfied simply to restate the events in the work. Too often students fall easily into a pattern of retelling a story or play or summarizing the details of a poem. But nothing could be further from what is expected from good writing. (17)

This assignment requires you to write  interpretive response to a short story or part of a novel. Although you are not required to write  formal essay, your writing blog should be centered around an argument based on your analysis and interpretation of the text you read. Here are some steps you can follow when reading and preparing to write this assignment:

1. Read actively and annotate. Pay attention to the story events and characters' personalities, interactions, and choices.
2. Identify a conflict/issue (this might be related to how a particular event affects the characters in the story, a choice/decision a character makes, a discovery made by a character/characters about themselves or events in the story)
3. Claim in response to the conflict you identified

 Follow MLA citation rules when incorporating textual evidence. Keep in mind the following rules as well:

• Do not restate or summarize. Although you will discuss the story, your writing blog should reflect your analysis and interpretation of the text.
• Do not write bout life in general. Stay with your analysis of the text.
• Quoted material is not included in the word count.
• There is no need for works cited entry. This is an informal assignment.