Read the writing prompt and answer the questions that follow.

Write a compare-and-contrast analysis of how culture shapes the heroes in Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy.

What is your writing product?


✔ a compare-and-contrast analysis

Who is your audience?


✔ the teacher

What topic are you to write about?


✔ how heroes are shaped by their cultures

What is the purpose for writing?


✔ to analyze literature