Assignment on The Lost Beautifulness by Anzia Yezierska
1. Begin your paragraph with a TOPIC SENTENCE that includes the title of the short story and the name of the author, and addresses the assignment. (Example: In her short story The Lost Beautifulness Anzia Yezierska depicts the living conditions of the immigrants living in the Lower East Side in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.)
2. Embed a quotation from one of the Context Readings. The quotation must CLOSELY RELATE to the TOPIC SENTENCE. Include the in-text citation. Remember to introduce your quote.
3. Relate the quotation from the Context Reading is related to The Lost Beautifulness
4. Support your claim stated in the TOPIC SENTENCE by embedding the FIRST quotation from the
short story. Remember to introduce your quote or use a navigator. Include the in-text citation.
5. Provide your own commentary/analysis on the quotation that CLEARLY EXPLAINS how the FIRST
quotation from the short story supports the TOPIC SENTENCE.
6. Support your claim stated in the TOPIC SENTENCE by embedding a SECOND quotation from the
short story. Remember to introduce your quote or use a navigator. Include the in-text citation.
7. Provide your own commentary/analysis of the quotation that CLEARLY EXPLAINS how the SECOND
quotation from the short story supports your TOPIC SENTENCE. Remember to use a transition and to
introduce your quote or use a navigator.
8. Conclude your paragraph by rephrasing your topic sentence. Avoid copying the topic sentence word for
word.
9. Cite the short story (“The Lost Beautifulness”) and the context reading that you have used in the
process of writing the paragraph.
