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FORMAL ESSAY # 1  //  ENGLISH 1302

An Argument in Defense of a Unique Claim that Unifies an Issue in Literature

For our first essay in this class, you will rely heavily on Chapter 1 of our book, Arguing About Literature, for building blocks you’ll need to defend a “claim” statement that you construct–a claim statement that you will develop into a convincing argument essay. 

So, you are likely asking: “what exactly does this “claim” statement and argument need to be about?”  Great question! So, this argument you will develop needs to defend a unique claim of your own that argues for the existence of a single issue* you see within and among all of the poems or stories in your selected set.

* See Chapter 1 for the definition of “issue“

From Ch. 9 “Families”

Any combination of two poems and two stories from the following authors:

Olsen (s), Tan (s), Wolff (s), Baldwin (s), Wallace (s), Clifton (p), Hayden (p), Roethke (p), Lee (p), Giovanni (p), Hogan (p), Cofer (p)