Monday, February 9, 2015

Literary Analysis



Literary Analysis


Introductory Paragraph
  • Text Reference (title and author)
  • Introduce Context (background info)
  • Claim or Thesis (the theory you decided to turn into a claim to prove; the meaning of the story you are presenting.  This should be disputable.  In other words, different people could have a different interpretation of the story)

Start with an universal theme (theory) about life and then transition to the text-based claim itself, focusing on the story you writing about.


Body Paragraphs
  • Introduce the context of the example
  • Use the most compelling evidence
  • Provide evidence (quote, paraphrase,and/or summarize the text)
  • Connect (explain the connection to the reason/claim)


To write the conclusion, show connections in at least one of these ways:

  • Your thesis and emphasize why the claim and evidence matter
  • Yourself and the life lesson you learned or realized
  • The author's message
  • Leave readers with something to think about

Draft 1 due tomorrow at the beginning of class. Please try to google doc it. Be sure to put a proper heading on all work - name, date, hr. and title of assignment.

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