persuade audience to read about Slave narratives of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs

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For this required assignment, you will write a five-page essay (excluding the Works Cited page) that analyzes how an author uses different elements of writing (plot, character, point of view, setting, symbols, tone and style) to convey a central theme or meaning in a piece of writing. You will compose an essay that demonstrates your ability to apply literary terms, concepts, devices and characteristics in critiquing a story, body of poems, essay, or autobiography/narrative by an African-American writer. Visit Wikipedia and other web-based sources or the library to find summaries of authors and writings of interest. The primary purpose of this assignment is to present a persuasive argument on the writing(s) you chose to critique. In other words, your job is to persuade your audience to read or revisit your chosen subject. Therefore, your essay should present a clear thesis, i.e., a debatable claim about your topic supported by strong evidence.