Literary Analysis Check for Understanding

What is analysis in general?

• Restating events in chronological order

• Explaining whether you think something is good or bad based on prior knowlege

• Examining something critically by looking at it's separate parts

• Combining separate entities into a new whole

True or false: you should use direct quotes in BOTH a summary AND an analysis

• True

• False

Which of the following would probably NOT be considered a "literary text"?

• A short story

• A film

• A poem

• A "how to" manual

A recurring idea or hidden meaning in the text is called...

• A symbol

• A theme

• A conflict

• A plot

True or false: "Dreams" could be a theme in Cinderella

• True

• False

Literary elements are...

• The parts that make up a story and can be used in a literary analysis

• Techniques that writers use to enhance the language in their stories

• Always hidden in stories

• Present in some stories but not others

Which LITERARY ELEMENT is being used in the following explanation of Cinderella:

"In the movie, Cinderella eventually gets her dream of going to the ball because she didn't give up despite the obstacles that her family caused. Prince Charming also gets his dream of finding Cinderella after traveling his whole kingdom with the glass slipper."

• Symbolism

• Plot

• Summary

• Conflict

If you explain the plot of a story without connecting it to a larger theme, you are [FILL IN THE BLANK] the story.

• Analyzing

• Summarizing

• Criticizing

• Creating

If you are breaking down the deeper meaning of the glass slipper in Cinderella, which literary element are you using to analyze the story?

• Symbolism

• Plot

• Dialogue

• Conflict

Is the following scenario a summary, or an analysis:

A New York Times article describes what happened the night the police killed George Floyd.

• Summary

• Analysis