Three literary movements dominated the short story genre of this unit- Realism, Regionalism, and Naturalism Provide a thorough discussion of each movement, including the purpose, goals, and characteristics for each. In addition to his background information, select one short story for each movement (Which I provided for you )  to use in a mini-analysis of how the purpose, goals, and characteristics are evident in the actual writing of the period. When working with these stories you should consider setting, theme, and style. In conclusion, this essay, discuss your favorite literary movement and a short story.

you MUST use SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from the reading materials to support your statements. You are required to use a story from the choices for each period–I chose An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge for one period, and you get to choose a story listed for the other two periods to work with (obviously, you will have worked with 3 stories–one for each period, by the time you are finished). You will also want to apply as many of the period CHARACTERISTICS to the story, you choose to work with for each period.

If you will follow the guide below it will help you to develop your paragraphs/essay fully.
–Make a statement

–Give a SPECIFIC example(s) to SUPPORT the statement

–EXPLAIN HOW the example(s) support the statement

Students are fairly good at the first two ideas, but drop the ball when it comes to explaining HOW their examples support their statements.

The essay portion must be computer-generated, MLA format–1-inch margins, double spaced, no font size larger than 12.