Short Analysis - A Family Supper

Structure your analysis as an essay with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
In your introduction, you need a clear and sophisticated argument that responds to the prompt. Avoid making several different claims in your intro.
In the body of your paper, you need main ideas that develop the argument in your thesis. Focus on the significant elements of the work.
Make sure you are analyzing specific parts of the work. You need to quote and analyze enough passages to support your claims about the work. Avoid unnecessary plot summaries.
Format the paper according to MLA guidelines. See the Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.)website for a review of MLA formatting and citation guidelines.
You don't need a Works Cited page, but you do need parenthetical citations in the essay itself. Use the page numbers in the book. If you are writing on "A Family Supper," use the author's last name for the parenthetical citation.