Literary Analysis
A kind of rhetorical analysis that conveys the meaning, purpose, or argument of a text.
What is literary analysis?
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
A claim about your interpretation of a text.
What is a thesis?
Words that join other words or phrases together.
What is a conjunction?
You speak as an outside observer using this perspective shift.
What is 3rd person?
The factual information used to support a claim or argument.
What is a topic sentence?
How the author chooses to describe a character.
What is characterization?
What is the WHAT & HOW?
This sentence can sound overlong without proper use of nouns, punctuation, or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
What is onomatopoeia?
This factual information is introduced to the reader to support a claim or argument.
What is evidence?
A conversation between two or more people, often recorded on a page.
What is dialogue?
It's what we look for when we interpret what the author is suggesting, implying, or conveying.
What is meaning?
You must do this when there are three or more independent clauses.
What is split?
Actively engaging and conversing with the text through this habitual practice.
What is annotation/annotating text?
This refers to what essays are talking about.
What is overall content?
A figure of speech in which the author compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
You want to avoid this when crafting your thesis; also considered a BIG no-no.
What is summarizing?
He, she, they, it, and those are examples of this word in a sentence.
What are pronouns?
What is a "hook"?
How essays and outlines are typically organized.
What is overall structure?
When the author gives hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A thesis could also be considered this in academic writing. (Hint: think big).
What is the "big idea"?
With roots in Latin for "before", it's the entity that the pronouns stand in for or refer back to.
What is antecedent?
This process can help anyone avoid procrastination when seeking evidence for their essay.
What is "quote tracking"?