The Handmaid's Tale Literary Analysis Resources
Prompt:The Handmaid’s Tale satirizes many political and social issues. Write an essay in which you analyze how Margaret Atwood uses details, imagery, diction, language and syntax to explore this issue and explain how the issue contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Format:
Format:
- Cover page: Use your One Pager as your cover.
- Write at least three typed pages in MLA format, (double spaced, normal font 11-12, 1 inch margins and upper right header with page numbers)
- Title that really gets to the essence of your thesis (see lit criticism examples)
- Works cited page (two sources- THT and one other from the lit criticism list or another)
- Use analytical, tone and transition words in place of paraphrasing words like “in the beginning, middle, end” or “story” (see various word lists in writing resources on weebly)
Creating your works cited page
Here is an example of an MLA works cited page if you had a lot of references. However, since you only need two here is a template for you to use and attach to the last page of your paper.
Secondary Sources for The Handmaid's Tale essay
Literary Criticism
Features of Dystopian Literature
Female Satire and the Technology of Power
Feminist Utopias
The Silenced Dialogue- Lisa Delpit
The Importance of the Act of Reading- Paulo Freire
Teaching Them to Read The Handmaids Tale- Harriet Bergmann
Features of Dystopian Literature
Female Satire and the Technology of Power
Feminist Utopias
The Silenced Dialogue- Lisa Delpit
The Importance of the Act of Reading- Paulo Freire
Teaching Them to Read The Handmaids Tale- Harriet Bergmann
THT Study Guide
Take Home Essay: Connecting Poetry to The Handmaid's Tale (and practice for the AP test)
Click here for the actual assignment. They key to success with writing is to review student samples. These materials were taken from last years' test from Question 1. Out of all the student samples which do you think are passing? Your essay should be modeled after the best one.
Journal Assignment
Winter Break Assignment
Interviews with Margaret Atwood
Videos of Atwood
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