While you cannot rewrite an essay for a higher grade, you can earn extra credit, up to 50 points. For Fall 2014 the extra credit assignment is this: In 3 typed pages, develop a thesis that compares the effects of obsession in Tobias Wolff's short story "Deep Kiss" (Our Story Begins 363) and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams." You must upload your essay to turnitin no later than December 3rd.
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