The purpose of a literary analysis essay is to carefully examine and sometimes evaluate a work of literature or an aspect of a work of literature. As with any analysis, this requires you to break the subject down into its component parts. Examining the different elements of a piece of literature is not an end in itself but rather a process to help you better appreciate and understand the work of literature as a whole.

Analyzing a short story might include identifying a particular theme (like the difficulty of making the transition from adolescence to adulthood) and show ing how the writer suggests that theme through the point of view from which the story is told; or you might also explain how the main characters attitude toward women is revealed through his dialogue and/or actions.

Now, including research into the literary analysis is done by incorporating sources from researchers who have a particular opinion or approach to the literature. Those researchers also have formed their own analysis and students will use two sources found through Miami Dade’s library to support their own thesis.

Remember that your over-riding goal of analysis writing is to demonstrate some new understanding of the text.

Essay Directions:

The student will select a short story from the ones we have studied in class and analyze that short story. Students must take the following into consideration: themes, symbolism, diction, patterns, and literary devices found in the story.

The student’s thesis will make an assertion about the short story by using textual evidence to support claims, and then explaining what that evidence means in relation to the story. The student must also include two literary criticism’s within the paper to further deepen their analysis.

Essay requirements:

5-6 pages

MLA essay format

12 size, Times New Roman Font

Double Spaced

**Thesis**

Microsoft Word Document (No Google Docs, No Pages)

Creative/unique title

Textual evidence to support claims/thesis

Two research-based sources from MDC database

Requirements:  To maximize the learning potential, you will have the opportunity to evaluate one ideal organization. This assignment will enable you to look at the projects from the point of view of an advisor to senior management that is objectively reviewing an ideal organization.

The easiest approach for the written evaluation of your assigned Ideal Organization is to consider the context of the assignment and evaluate how the team articulated the core dimensions of SHRM and organizational analysis.  As you read their submission, consider the alignment of the various dimensions of their organization.

Please remember your goal is not to mark the assignment (as a teacher) but to evaluate it as a business concept.  This capacity to evaluate business concepts in the form of a proposal is a critical skill you will need when you graduate.

You received an email on Friday, March 27 with your assigned Ideal Organization paper.  (I used the RANDBETWEEN function in MS Excel so the matching is completely random.)

Please limit your written evaluation and questions to a maximum of one page (single-spaced).

Remember your submission needs to include two meaningful questions that you would like to ask the presenting team.  (Without our face-to-face class, you cannot directly ask but if you had the opportunity what would you have sought clarification on?)  Deeper, more meaningful questions are better than superficial, surface level questions.

Lastly, the Advisor to the CEO role is a key learning goal so the quality of your evaluation and the questions you ask will determine your mark.  Ensure that you closely read the ideal organization proposal assigned to you and draw out key points.