Assessment Instructions
Gabriel García Márquez presents two vivid portrayals of a Spider-Girl and an Angel in his short story entitled “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings.”
Compare and contrast the effectiveness of the different portrayals and how the author uses them to explore qualities in human life.
Create a five paragraph essay.
Underline your thesis statement, which (for the purposes of this assessment) should occur in the first paragraph.
Underline the topic sentences in each of the three body paragraphs.
In the fifth and concluding paragraph, revisit the thesis of your essay and recapture the main points of the argument without simply restating the thesis and the topic sentences.
