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Literary Analysis Essay – Fall 2021 (Overview)
Lit Analysis Essay Prompt
Analyze how the writer of the short story uses literary elements and/or techniques to convey a broad societal implication or social challenge. In your essay, consider three of the elements below.
Point of view Notes 1, Point of View Notes 2 (first, second, third, limited, omniscient, multiple points of view)
Character
Setting
Author’s Purpose
Organization
Language
Imagery
Figurative Language techniques (e.g., hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, simile, extended metaphor)
Analysis Paragraphs (Body Paragraphs)
Your body paragraphs are required to be in analysis paragraph format. Refer as needed to the notes on how to correctly format analysis paragraphs (Writing Foundations folder).
In your body paragraphs, discuss the three literary elements in detail highlighting the relationship with your short story and the broad societal implication or social challenge. Your discussion should not include definitions of these literary elements, nor summaries of the short story.
The writing needs to be in third-person POV and use present tense.
Citations
Citations are required. See the analysis paragraph format notes (Writing Foundations folder) on how to correctly cite your evidence. Here’s an additional model.
The simplicity of syntax reiterates the automatic nature of the house as it recognizes when “the dog was gone” and that it was “two thirty-five,” reminding the reader of the absence of, and consecutively unnecessary nature, of humans (Bradbury 2).
Typeface Requirements/MLA
-Use MLA formatting for the header. Here’s an easy way to set it up.
Sign in to your Office.com account
Click on the Word app
Choose the template “MLA Style Paper”
Revise the document to reflect your information (delete any brackets)
-Header (top left of first page):
Your Full Name
Instructor’s Last Name
Course Name
Date of Submission
-Double space entire document (including header)
-Times New Roman/12 OR Calibri/11 OR Arial/11
-Page numbers are your personal preference
-Title (no need for subtitle): center-aligned on page (nothing else in the doc should be center-aligned)
-Rest of document needs to be left-aligned
-Indent each paragraph (hit “Tab”)
Steps for Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Plan.
Planning Worksheet is due Tuesday 10/4 by 1159p to Schoology. Submission is in the “October 3-7” folder: Literary Analysis Planning Worksheet 10/4
Establish the author’s purpose. What is the author’s purpose for this text? How do you know? What parts of the text expose the author’s purpose?
Write a working thesis. The analysis will need a strong thesis that states a writer’s perspective but also allows it to be debated. The thesis should state a writer’s opinion, but it should also allow readers to arrive at their own conclusions.
Example of a debatable thesis: In Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” the author uses prideful characters, a strict aristocracy, and an omniscient point of view to convey how both the lower and upper class are equally affected by the haughtiness and preconceptions of the society around them.
Example of a non-debatable thesis: Pride and Prejudice is about five sisters and their journey to find love.
Make a list of your evidence that conveys the social implication/social challenge.
Organize your evidence based on literary elements.
publish.
publish is due to Schoology by Tuesday 10/11, 730am. Submission is in the “Assignment Submissions” folder: Literary Analysis Essay: publish 10/11
Write out your introductory paragraph along with your thesis. Thesis needs to be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph.
Each of your body paragraphs will be a discussion of how the focused literary element is demonstrated in the text, and how that element imparts the social implication/social challenge identified. This is not a place for plot explanation/summary, nor is it the place for definitions of literary elements. Analyze the elements used and how they function on a larger scale in the text. There will be 3 body paragraphs total, and each body paragraph will analyze a different literary element.
The conclusion paragraph should not be interpreted as merely a “repeat” of the thesis sentence. You will reiterate some of the same ideas, but it should not be redundant. The conclusion can be 2-3 sentences.
Revise.
Consider these questions when it’s time to review your work.
Is the thesis clearly stated in the first paragraph?
Is the sentence structure varied?
Does the structure of the analysis emphasize the main ideas?
Is the third-person point of view used throughout the entire essay?
Has the present tense been used to discuss the work?
Have quotation marks been used around direct quotations?
Have the sources been cited correctly according to MLA style?
Has extraneous information that does not support the thesis been eliminated?
Have clear transitions been used between sentences and paragraphs?
Edit.
Proofread your paper for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Be alert to common grammatical errors such as sentence fragments, comma splices, or run-on sentences. Make sure your citations are formatted correctly. The paper should be proofread multiple times until an accurate final copy is created.
Final Copy/Submission
This will be a typed, final copy of your essay. It is a major grade.
Submission is in the Assignment Submissions folder: Literary Analysis Essay: FINAL 10/14
Rubric
Introduction & Conclusion
20
Intro – Engaging. Sets reader up for clear understanding of essay.Uses an introductory style from class lesson.
Conclusion – Provides wrap up without summarizing or repeating verbatim. Makes larger implications or broader connections to real world.
17
13
8
3
0
Thesis
25
Makes a clear claim and sustains it deliberately and effectively throughout the text. Maintains focus on central point demonstrated in thesis. Clear and direct. Fully answers prompt. Challenging, debatable, insightful.
22
19
15
10
0
Evidence
15
Cites the most appropriate and valid evidence to support the thesis. Embedded evidence used throughout essay (no stand-alone quotes). Citations are appropriately integrated and formatted.
12
10
7
5
0
Commentary
30
Fully discusses and explains how the evidence leads to the message or purpose of text. Demonstrates insightful reasoning and full understanding of literary elements in the drama. Avoids plot summary and redundancy. Furthers (pushes) for development of analysis. Commentary addresses the demands of the prompt and makes strong, deliberate connections to the thesis.
26
22
17
10
0
Technical
10
Has an established, formal styled and objective tone that is maintained throughout the essay. Uses correct, varied, and purposeful sentence structure/syntax techniques as presented in class lessons. Uses precise, elevated language to convey complexity of thought. Few errors (2-3) are present, and they do not interfere with meaning.
8
6
3
0