Writing Analysis

Multiple Choice

The first part of an analysis paragraph is giving evidence from the story.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Do you need to include the title, author, and genre in the topic sentence?

• Of course!

• Nah - it's fine without that

• I'm actually not sure

Multiple Choice

The second part of an analysis paragraph is giving evidence from the story.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Do you need to include some of YOUR OWN WORDS in a sentence where you present directly quoted text evidence?

• Of course! You CANNOT just drop in directly quoted text evidence as a stand-alone sentence. Oh my stars!

• Nah - you CAN ALWAYS just drop in directly quoted text evidence as a stand-alone sentence

Multiple Choice

Is this evidence embedded correctly?

In the short story “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, Leonard Mead, while out alone on his evening walk, felt content. “He listened to the faint push of his soft shoes through autumn leaves." Mead enjoys these traditional nighttime walks.

• No! You CANNOT just drop in directly quoted text evidence as a stand-alone sentence. The horror!

• Yes! You can just drop in directly quoted text evidence as a stand-alone sentence

Multiple Choice

The third part of an analysis paragraph is giving some analysis - your own interpretation and explanation of how the evidence proves your claim.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Analysis should and most often will include the use of abstract nouns (those "theme" kind of idea words like happiness, jealousy, freedom, etc.)

• YES - definitely.

• No way!

Poll

How are we feeling about writing analysis paragraphs?

• Awesome!

• OK!

• Not great!

• HELP!