Mellow Yellow

ENGL 1104:12                     Due: Wednesday February 5^th (No late papers accepted)

Assignment #3        Literary Essay: “Mellow Yellow”

• The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to write about literature.
• This 2-3 page paper must answer the question below by using evidence from the book (in the form of quotations and specific references to characters, scenes, etc.).
• Barry Callaghan’s “Mellow Yellow” is about a romance between Marie-Claire McBride and Conrad Zingg, who works as a traffic consultant. How does the story use the metaphor of traffic lights to describe their romance?
• Your paper will be evaluated on the following categories: gormat; grammar and spelling; ability to quote from the story; and your overall ability to comprehend and answer the essay question.
• All writing must be done independently by the student. All work submitted must be the student’s own original work. Avoid writing your work in another language and then getting it translated (by a person or a computer program) into English – this could cause problems regarding the question of independent work.

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