Literary Analysis

What vegetable can help us analyze complex texts?

• Onion

• Banana

• Peas

• Corn on the cob

How is literature like an onion?

• It smells funny when you delve more deeply into it.

• It is purplish.

• You can saute it or put it in a stew.

• It has layers and can make you cry.

Which of the following is NOT one of the literary analysis tools we've used this year to analyze complex texts?

• the literary analysis onion

• literary devices AKA literary techniques AKA figurative language

• depth and complexity icons

• all of the previous HAVE been used

Which of the following is NOT true of a literary THEME?

• It will be universal to human experience.

• It will be timeless.

• It will be specific to the text at hand

• It will be in complete sentence form.

Which of the following icons prompts us to look at how morals and values might guide a character's behavior?

• Trends

• Big Idea

• Details

• Ethics

Which of the following icons prompts us to explore themes in a literary text OR central ideas in an informational text?

• Big Idea

• Patterns

• Details

• Over Time

Which of the icons reminds us to look at repetition in the text?

• Big Idea

• Patterns

• Language of the Discipline

• Ethics

Which of the following icons reminds us to look at how the same character or situation might be viewed differently by different people?

• Trends

• Big Idea

• Multiple Perspectives

• Unanswered Questions

Which of the following icons prompts us to look for ambiguity in a text?

• Big Idea

• Patterns

• Language of the Discipline

• Unanswered Questions

Which of the following theme topics (theme starters) would LEAST apply to Julius Caesar?

• Ambition

• Morality

• Individual vs. Society

• Beauty