Thursday, April 18, 2013

Prose Essay Prompts

1. Analyze the protaganist Carrie, and how Stephen King uses literary techniques to reveal her character's development.

2. Stephen King is famous for his many horror stories. Carrie was his first novel published. How does King create such a terrific story about bullying? What literary elements are used? Does the supernatural aspect increase the horror?

3.  Carrie is on a list of the most banned books in history. Are King's elements/devices/techniques/stories too graphic for schoool?

4. Analyze the techniques that help instill horror when reading about Carrie and her mother's relationship.

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