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True or false: Creating a strong thesis statement is less important in a narrative essay.

In Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” how does the author manipulate time and the reader’s expectations throughout the story?

What would you identify as the key theme (or themes) in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”? Explain how the text portrays a message related to this central idea. 

Which of the following list is true? There are several characteristics common to all successful college students:

True or false: Every source of information in your paper is acknowledged at least twice: (1) in the paper directly after a quotation or idea and (2) at the end of the paper in a list. The first type of citation is known as an in-text citation, and the second type is a list of sources cited in the paper. 

True or false? Distinguishing causes from effects is rarely an important part of understanding a cause/effect essay.

True or false: If you use a direct quotation from another source, you don’t need to put the exact material you want to use in quotation marks.

Compare and contrast the works of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. What is each man’s overall strategy, and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

Verbs modify nouns and adjectives by adding descriptive elements, as in: “The yellow house”.

Is this true? To write a comparison/contrast essay, consider two items that have something in common.