Question

You need to write a five-page essay on Leo Tolstoy’s novel The Death of Ivan Ilych. Which of the following is a good topic for your essay? the use of symbolism in literature the symbolism of death in popular literature the literary devices that Tolstoy employed in his works the use of figurative language in The Death of Ivan Ilych

Answer 1

The best topic to do the essay over would be " the literary devices that Tolstoy employed in his works the use of figurative language in The Death of Ivan Ilych" because it is direct enough to give you an idea of the outline you should use but still broad enough to have a lot of information and work done over it. 

Answer 2

The answer is D. The use of figurative language in The Death of Ivan Ilych

Explanation:

The topic in an essay refers to the focus, issue, subject or main idea you write about and that in many cases is determined by a teacher through a specific writing task, in this case, it is important to focus on the point suggested rather than on other types of topics. This if you need to write about "Leo Tolstoy’s novel The Death of Ivan Ilych" your topic or focus should be the novel or one aspect of it instead of other literary words of Ivan Ilych or other aspects of general literature. According to this, the one that is the best topic, in this case, is "The use of figurative language in The Death of Ivan Ilych" because this is the only topic that really focuses on the novel by analyzing one aspect of it.