9B - Elements of a Literary Analysis Thesis Statements

What is a thesis statement?

• A thesis statement tells the reader about the summary of a literary work.

• A thesis statement states the background information of the text and its author.

• A thesis statement tells the reader the main point the writer is trying to make in the essay.

• A thesis statement tells the reader about the conflict in the short story.

A thesis statement ONLY contains the following information: Title of the literary work, Author, and Claim.

• True

• False

Which of the following should NOT be emulated as an example of a specific Literary Analysis Thesis Statement?

• I am going to be writing about "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.

• In “A Worn Path,” Eudora Welty creates a fictional character in Phoenix Jackson whose determination, faith, and cunning illustrate the indomitable human spirit.

• Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving were both creepy towards women in their personal lives but in different ways.

• I am going to be writing about "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.

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Hawthorne’s use of symbolism in The Scarlet Letter falters and ultimately breaks down with the introduction of the character Pearl, which shows the perceived danger of female sexuality in a puritanical society.

What narrative element / literary device is the writer using in his or her literary analysis essay.

• symbolism

• character

• danger of female sexuality in a puritanical society

• symbolism and character

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Through its contrasting river and shore scenes, Twain’s Huckleberry Finn suggests that to find the true expression of American ideals, one must leave ‘civilized’ society and go back to nature.

What is the title of the novel to be analyzed?

• Anne of Green Gables

• Cinderella

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

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A close look at many details in "The Story of an Hour" reveals how language, institutions suppress the natural desires and aspirations of women.

What is the claim that the writer wants to prove in the essay?

• The many details in "The Story of an Hour".

• How language, institutions suppress the natural desires of women.

• Revealing the language, institutions, and many details in "The Story of an Hour".

• A close look at the natural desires of women.

What is wrong with this thesis statement? Choose the BEST option among the choices.

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor reveals through the characterization of Julian and his mother the idea that there is arrogance in people.

• The verb used is not appropriate.

• There is no author and title in the thesis statement.

• The narrative element is not explicitly stated in the thesis statement.

• The thesis statement has problematic sentence construction and the theme is vague and not stated properly.

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What is "analysis" in writing a Literary essay?

• Knowing the parts and elements of the story and defining them.

• Writing a paragraph about the title of the literary work.

• Close examination of a literary work by breaking down its parts to better understand the whole.

• Mapping out the plot of the story by using Freytag's Pyramid.

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The boys’ evolving relationship with the conch illustrates Golding’s theme that humans, when removed form the pressures of civilized authority, will become evil.

What elements can be seen in the thesis statement above?

• Title, author, literary device, point/claim

• Title, author, literary device, strong verb, point/claim

• Title, author, topic, sentence, point/claim

• Title, author, literary device, point/claim, genre

Choose the appropriate textual evidence for this thesis statement:

In Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne makes use of the dialogue and actions of the character Goodman Brown to show how man’s perspective on life can be changed by the inherent evil found in humans.

• With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. (Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1835, p.1)

• "... staring around him like a bewildered man. Goodman brown looked sternly and sadly into her (Faith's) face, and passed on without a greeting." (p. 8)

• It was now deep dusk in the forest, and deepest in that part of it where these two were journeying. As nearly as could be discerned, the second traveller was about fifty years old, apparently in the same rank of life as Goodman Brown, and bearing a considerable resemblance to him, though perhaps more in expression than features. (p.2)

• "Friend," said the other, exchanging his slow pace for a full stop, "having kept covenant by meeting thee here, it is my purpose now to return whence I came. I have scruples, touching the matter thou wot'st of." (p.2)

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