ENGL 1104:12 Due: Wednesday January 22nd
Assignment #2 Summarizing + Quoting 5%
You need to summarize the short story “The Black Room” by Stephen Leacock (The White Collar Book) and use at least two quotations from the story.
- The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to summarize a piece of fiction and to quote from it.
- This one-page assignment will be done in-class. You may have the book with you.
- Tip: Information on writing a summary can be found on page 74 of Essay Do’s and Don’ts
- Tip: use quotation marks, followed by the page number (eg. The wolf is constantly trying to get the pigs to allow him to enter their houses by saying “’Little pig, little pig, let me in!’” (6), but the main pig is too smart to fall for his tricks.)
Evaluation Scheme
| Poor (F/D) | Satisfactory (C) | Good (B) | Excellent (A) | |
| Summary is accurate | ||||
| Summary is concise | ||||
| Uses literary terms properly | ||||
| Quotation style |
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