After reading, The House on Mango Street, write an essay about the theme of poverty in this novel that answers the following questions:
-What role does poverty play in the novel? Choose specific scenes from the novel. Explain how these instances or interactions represent poverty.
-How does poverty influence the decisions these characters make?
In the introduction, briefly summarize what poverty is in American society. Cite one article read from your social studies course. Also, indicate the ideas that will be explored in the thesis statement. In each of the body paragraphs, begin with a topic sentence for the paragraph, and include textual evidence, which must be explained and analyzed, in terms of how the idea is developed and how it connects with others to support the theme of poverty in the novel.
Conclude the essay with a conclusion.
The essay will be evaluated using all four IB MYP 5 Criteria: A: Analyzing, B: Organizing, C:
Producing Text, D: Using Language, so this is worth FOUR grades. Please reference these rubrics as a resource. Use 12 font, limes New Roman script, and double spacing please. Indent