Write an essay in which you compare and contrast at least two themes "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter. Cite textual evidence in the manner of Say-Mean-Matter to explore the text.

Must Include:
1. Title
2. Introduction
3. 2 Body Paragraphs
4. Evidence
5. Conclusion

Rubric:
1) Thesis statement introduces a strong interpretation of the text(s)
State the interpretation of the text(s) that you will develop in your essay. A strong interpretation is a thoughtful and interesting idea about the text(s) that can be supported by evidence.

2) Each topic sentence supports the thesis
Introduce a supporting idea that shows why your thesis is true and establishes the focus of the paragraph.

3) Each piece of evidence supports the topic sentence
Explain your supporting idea using textual evidence such as quotes, paraphrases, and specific details.

4) Explanation shows how the evidence supports the topic sentence
Point out what readers should notice about your textual evidence and explain how it supports your topic sentence.

5) Conclusion restates the thesis and explains why the analysis matters
Summarize your thesis and topic sentences in new words and help readers understand why your analysis of the text(s) matters.

6) Language is specific and concise
Use words that express exactly what you mean. Cut all unnecessary words or phrases.

98 points!

assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

no plagarism

me

so is this a rhetorical question?