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Literary Analysis

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  • What are some questions that the writer can ask themselves to create an explanation?
    How does the quote support the topic? What parts of it support the topic? Why did I decide to use this topic?
  • What is a literary analysis?
    Examining a text using inference to find as more meaning or look for ideas that aren't exactly told to the reader.
  • Why does a quote need an explanation?
    Want the readers to understand the writer's thought process of why or how the quote supports the topic.
  • What comes after a quote, but before the period?
    An in text citation, or giving credit to the original author.
  • Give an example of a theme OR Explain what theme is.
    A theme is the main lesson or idea of the text.
  • What is a claim?
    The point or main idea that is being made in a text.
  • What is used to support a claim?
    Quotes or examples from the text, followed by an explanation.
  • What is included in an in-text citation?
    Parentheses with the authors last name and page number (Stender 19)
  • What are some elements that can be analyzed for in a text?
    Theme, Fig Lang, Plot, Conflict, Setting, Characters, Symbolism, POV, and any other ideas we see in a text.
  • What is a thesis?
    A thesis is what the essay is about. It's usually told in one sentence that is straight to the point.
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