1. The Scarlet Ibis Essay Outline
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2. Scarlet Ibis Writing Prompt
The narrator in The Scarlet Ibis says, “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” In a four to five paragraph essay, explain how the narrator’s pride led to Doodle’s death. Support your answer with specific details and examples from the text. Use Jane Schaffer format for your essay, using quotations for your concrete details.

3. Scarlet Ibis Writing Prompt
The narrator in The Scarlet Ibis says, “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” In a four to five paragraph essay, explain how the narrator’s pride led to Doodle’s death. Support your answer with specific details and examples from the text. Use Jane Schaffer format for your essay, using quotations for your concrete details.

4. Essence of the Prompt.
Explain how the narrator’s pride led to Doodle’s death.
Your thesis should address this directly.

5. Scarlet Ibis Writing Prompt
The narrator in The Scarlet Ibis says, “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” In a four to five paragraph essay, explain how the narrator’s pride led to Doodle’s death. Support your answer with specific details and examples from the text. Use Jane Schaffer format for your essay, using quotations for your concrete details.

6. Find two direct quotes that illustrate or prove that the narrator’s pride was positive.CD 1. 2.

7. Find two direct quotes that illustrate or prove that the narrator’s pride was negative.CD 1. 2.

8. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
“Brother, Brother don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” (563)
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

9. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
“Brother, Brother don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” (563) Doodle says as he is left behind in a storm because his brother thinks that he has failed.
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

10. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
“Brother, Brother don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” (563) Doodle says as he is left behind in a storm because his brother thinks that he has failed.
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
James Hurst’s The Scarlet Ibis is a short story about how one brother teaches his disabled brother to walk, but in the end, his pride forces him to sacrifice what he loves.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

11. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
“I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death” (558)
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

12. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
“I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death” (558).
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
The short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst shows how one brother’s embarrassment of the other can lead to hopeful and disastrous consequences.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

13. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction (Use either one)
“I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death” (558) says the narrator as he recounts memories of his brother, Doodle.
“Brother, Brother don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!” (563) Doodle says as he is left behind in a storm because his brother thinks that he has failed.
The short story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst shows how one brother’s embarrassment of the other can lead to hopeful yet disastrous consequences.
James Hurst’s The Scarlet Ibis is a short story about how one brother teaches his disabled brother to walk, but in the end his pride forces him to sacrifice what he loves.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s.

14. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #1: Introduction
Sentence #1 (CM) Hook with a quote from the story that “tells it all.” Explain the quotation. What does it mean?
Or use another quote.
Sentence #2 Name author, title, genre, and the essence of the plot.
Sentence #3 (Thesis) Thesis statement plus a forecast of your two body ¶s

15. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #2: First Body ¶
Sentence #1 (Topic Sentence)
The narrator’s pride is positive; it helps Doodle.
Sentence #2 (CD) Use a direct quote (DQ) that supports your topic sentence.
Sentence #3 (CM) Explain how the fact illustrates /proves your thesis and relates to your topic sentence.

16. Title of your paper: The Scarlet Ibis ¶ #2: First Body ¶
Sentence #1 (Topic Sentence)
The narrator’s pride is positive; it helps Doodle.
Sentence #2 (CD) Use a direct quote (DQ) that supports your topic sentence.
(Add lead in here) “When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him” (557) (Or add lead out here).
Sentence #3 (CM) Explain how the fact illustrates /proves your thesis and relates to your topic sentence.