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For your summative writing assessment, choose ONE of the prompts that follow to respond to in
an argumentative essay. You will be writing for an academic audience as part of an ongoing
discussion about Mark Haddon's novel The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Be
sure to use correct MLA citations throughout your paper. 3 direct citations with page #'s
from the book
Option #1: What does the novel help us understand about lying and human relationships,
communication, motives, values, and/or capacity
for self-knowledge? Support your
argument
with evidence from the novel and your personal observations
and experiences. Keep the
following questions in mind when responding to the prompt,
although they do not need
to be
answered directly in your
essay: What message or theme does the novel present about lying
?
You might consider the following
questions in developing your interpretive argument: What
does the novel suggest about the causes and effects of lying
? Does the novel distinguish
among
A different types of lies? Does the novel offer a judgment
about lying? How do Christopher's
beliefs and behavior complicate the novel's message about lying?