What do you think is real about realism?
Please also give me some specific reasons why Jewett’s “A White Heron” is an example of local color realism. In your response, please be as specific as possible.
p. 556 for the story / p. 405 for definition of realism
For this essay, as with all essays in this class, you are required to write an essay that is
5-7 paragraphs
Includes an Introduction with a clear thesis that foreshadows the main ideas of the body paragraphs
3-5 body paragraphs based on the paragraph plan discussed in the Module, but as a reminder, that format is
main idea
quote
analysis of how main idea and quote from literature fit together
Conclusion, then
MLA Works Cited..and note that in-text citations are required in the essay to connect the reader to where quotes and facts come from.
You are not required to use sources outside the book, and if you cite a version of the story or text other than the book or the link provided in the question, that’s fine–just cite it in MLA format.
For more on MLA citation, link to MLA sample paper to use for citationLinks to an external site.
**note: the key is to mine the quotes, not to cite what other thinkers have said.
So rely on your own ideas–and mine them as you read.
**no non-academic sources are allowed, so no wikipedia or sparknotes or studyrags–avoid those sorts of sources, and, finally, as this is an academic essay, please do not use I–no first person, so
