Literary Essay Assessment Review

What is a literary analysis essay?

• An essay that tells a story

• An essay that uses research and tries to argue or persuade.

• An essay examining part of a piece of writing such as a story, play, poem.

• An essay that examines nonfiction and teaches about a topic.

Begin every body paragraph with a ________

• A piece of evidence

• An interesting hook that grabs the reader's attention.

• A sentence that states the point (a minor claim)

• A thesis statement (a major claim)

When citing evidence, you must _______________

• Give credit to where you got the information (page and author)

• Copy exact words with quotes

• Use a synonym to not repeat yourself

• Summarize in your own words

Which transition signals the conclusion?

• In addition

• Similarly

• For example

• Ultimately

Which transition signals contrast?

• furthermore
• for instance
• as a result
• however

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

Which transition signals explaining

• the character said

• this illustrates

• to begin

• in addition

The major claim of the essay is called: (Hint: it's the what the entire essay will be about)

• concluding sentence

• thesis statement

• topic sentence

• explanation sentence

Your thesis should be ....

• A) in each of the body paragraphs

• B) in your introduction

• C) restated with different words in your conclusion

• B and C

What is a topic sentence?

• The sentence that gets the reader's attention.
• The sentence that is the main idea of the entire essay.
• The final sentence in an essay. 
• The sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.4

A good body paragraph has how many sentences?

• 2 to 3

• 4 to 5

• 6 to 8

• more than 8