HUM 1050 – Introduction to Literature
Assignment #1: Analytical Essay – Initial Submission
Write an APA-formatted essay of 1000 words on (a) Chopin's biography; (b) analysis of “The story of an hour” (Chopin, 2023); and (c) a critical review of the story.
This essay should:
· be 1000 words long
· have an explicit thesis statement, with the main idea (the topic of the paper) and a controlling idea (what you, as the author, is saying about the topic)
· include an integrated, direct quote from the text to support the thesis in each of the body paragraphs
· be written using APA formatting guidelines
· use APA guidelines for citation, both in-text and on a References page
· write in 3rd-person only
· be submitted as a MS Word .docx file
Plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment.
Reference
Chopin, K. (2023). The story of an hour. https://www.katechopin.org/story-hour/