• Begin your analysis with an introduction that includes a thesis stating the point you are making about the short story. Your thesis should include the effect the author achieves and the method the author uses to accomplish this. • Make sure that each paragraph begins with a topic sentence that specifically supports your thesis in a new way. • Support your thesis with specifics from the story. • Include at least six direct quotations from the story as part of your support. • Use in-text citations to indicate the page from the original text on which each quotation can be found. • Conclude your analysis with a conclusion reinforcing your thesis.