Literary Analysis Task - Part 2

Which would be the best concluding paragraph for the following prompt:
In a well-developed essay, analyze the theme(s) of both stories.  Compare and contrast how the authors use mood to develop the theme in each text. Use evidence and examples from both texts to support your analysis.

• The themes are be kind to everyone.
• Although both stories share a similar themes, the authors used different ways of expressing their message.  People need to apply the authors message to their own lives more often.
• The stories both share a theme of be kind to everyone. The authors use mood of loneliness.
• People should apply the theme to their lives.

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Which of the following best describes theme?

• A summary of the story

• One word that represents the story

• A message or lesson in the story

• The setting of the story

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How many paragraphs are in a literary analysis essay?

• 4
• 3
• 5

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What sentence in the introduction tells what your essay will be about?

• Hook
• Thesis Statement
• Overview

You should mention the titles of authors of both texts in the introduction.

• True
• False

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What should you do when you begin a new paragraph?

• Nothing
• Skip a line
• Indent

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the message; the general truth about life, the central idea

• Plot
• Theme
• Conflict
• Point of View

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In Confetti Girl & Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view different from those of their parents. Write an essay analyzing how these differences in points of view create tension in both stories. Remember to use details from both texts to support your ideas.

What is the prompt asking you to do?

• Write an essay analyzing how the different points of view created tension in both stories

• Write a story that has tension created due to the different points of view

• Write an essay that explains why you disagree with how tension was created

• Write s story continuing Confetti Girl & Tortilla Sun

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You have read “The Sword of Damocles” and “The Eighteenth Camel.”

Write an essay that describes how a theme in each story is developed.

Use details from both stories to support your response.

What is the best thesis statement?

• In “The Sword of Damocles” and “The Eighteenth Camel”, the authors used different methods to develop theme in their stories.

• The themes revealed in “The Sword of Damocles” and “The Eighteenth Camel.”

• The techniques that the author in“The Sword of Damocles” used to develop theme in their story

• The techniques that the author in “The Eighteenth Camel.” Used to develop theme in their story

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You have read "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood". Write an essay in which you discuss the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood” and the wolf in “The Three Little Pigs” and how the wolf each story moves the plot forward. Be sure to use evidence from the text to support your answer.

What is the best thesis statement?

• Each character moves the plot forward through the setting.

• The character of the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood” and the wolf in “The Three Little Pigs” each move the plot forward through their actions.

• The character of the wolf in “The Three Little Pigs” each move the plot forward through the mood.

• The character of the wolf in “Little Red Riding Hood” moves the plot forward through the theme and metaphor of life.

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