For this essay, you will be ANALYZING A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay.
DO NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES IN THIS EXAM/ESSAY. YOU MAY ONLY USE THE BOOK ITSELF.
Your completed essay of 1,000 words MINIMUM must contain: an introduction, a thesis statement, textual support (direct quotes), and a conclusion.
Remember: an academic essay should NOT use first or second person pronouns.
Don’t forget to use proper MLA in-text citations when directly quoting from the stories; a minimum of four direct quotations is required. When you use a direct quote, you should introduce, cite, and explain ALL of your direct quotes.
*UNBELIEVABLY LONG DIRECT QUOTATIONS WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS WORD COUNT*
Your finished essay should be a holistic analysis of the story you chose, rather than a summary of the story’s events. In other words, do not waste space rewriting or explaining the highlights of the story. Instead, identify, analyze and connect each of your argumentative ideas to your thesis statement, and form paragraphs with clear topic sentences, supporting details, analysis, and textual evidence.
FINAL EXAM PROMPTS: You should only choose ONE of the questions below to write your Final Exam essay on.
1. Is the entire Barrett family experiencing mental deterioration or is it just Marjorie who is ill? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
2. To what extent does the Barretts’ reality show, The Possession, complicate the “reality” of Merry’s story? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
3. How does Merry’s participation in the Barretts’ narrative help convince people that Marjorie is possessed? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
4. What specific actions prove that Merry is still living in the past? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
DO NOT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES IN THIS EXAM/ESSAY. YOU MAY ONLY USE THE BOOK ITSELF.
Your completed essay of 1,000 words MINIMUM must contain: an introduction, a thesis statement, textual support (direct quotes), and a conclusion.
Remember: an academic essay should NOT use first or second person pronouns.
Don’t forget to use proper MLA in-text citations when directly quoting from the stories; a minimum of four direct quotations is required. When you use a direct quote, you should introduce, cite, and explain ALL of your direct quotes.
*UNBELIEVABLY LONG DIRECT QUOTATIONS WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS WORD COUNT*
Your finished essay should be a holistic analysis of the story you chose, rather than a summary of the story’s events. In other words, do not waste space rewriting or explaining the highlights of the story. Instead, identify, analyze and connect each of your argumentative ideas to your thesis statement, and form paragraphs with clear topic sentences, supporting details, analysis, and textual evidence.
FINAL EXAM PROMPTS: You should only choose ONE of the questions below to write your Final Exam essay on.
1. Is the entire Barrett family experiencing mental deterioration or is it just Marjorie who is ill? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
2. To what extent does the Barretts’ reality show, The Possession, complicate the “reality” of Merry’s story? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
3. How does Merry’s participation in the Barretts’ narrative help convince people that Marjorie is possessed? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
4. What specific actions prove that Merry is still living in the past? Explain using specific details and evidence from the novel.
