Your essay should do the following:
- focus on an idea of your choice that comes from the brainstorming discussion
- focus on comparisons and contrasts among the three texts; the essay should not be 3 mini-essays but should support an argument that analyzes the similarities and differences
- the essay does not need to present an equal number of similarities and differences (it is usually best to focus primarily on one or the other); the essay should spend approximately equal amounts of time on the three texts
- develop a claim and support that claim with details from the texts
- show how your ideas come from specific details and use page numbers to reference these details
- include a Works Cited entry that gives all of the information about your edition; this is especially important if you are using an edition other than the one assigned for this course – your page numbers cited in your essay will need to match the page numbers in the edition listed in your Works Cited entry
