Writing Literary Essays

What is a literary analysis?

• A blog about Donald Trump
• An essay that replicates research and makes one take a stance on a topic
• An essay examining all the parts of a piece of literature
• An essay that makes one think about the world around them and think why My Little Pony exists.

What is the layout of a literary analysis?

• Conclusion, Introduction, Conclusion
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Bernie Sanders
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion

What should you use to support your claim?

• Use quotes from Donald Trump's speech
• Evidence from a crime scene
• Evidence from the literature
• You don't have a claim, you have a thesis.

What should you write in the first sentence of the body paragraphs?

• Topic sentence
• Rewordify your thesis
• Evidence
• Call to Action

What do you end your conclusion with?

• A topic sentence
• Concluding Sentence
• Thesis
• A BAM!

What should you support throughout your essay?

• Evidence
• Donald Trump
• Bernie Sanders
• Thesis

What are you given to read before a literary essay?

• Nonfiction articles
• Pieces of literature
• Fiction novellas
• 0 pieces of literature

How any paragraphs is a literary analysis?

• It has to be at least 10 pages long.
• 2 paragraphs
• 4 or 5 paragraphs
• 3 paragraphs

What is not included in background information?

• claim

• conflict

• main characters

• setting

• genre

This is the part of the introduction that grabs the readers attention.

• Reasons

• Leading statement/Hook

• Conflict

• Claim