Analyzing Texts

A theme in literature is...

• a summary of a story.
• the guide for people's lives.
• a message about life or human nature.
• the attitude set by word choice.

Choose the best theme for this poem:
Ambition Over Adversity by Tupac Shakur
Take one's adversity 
Learn from their misfortune 
Learn from their pain 
Believe in something 
Believe in yourself 
Turn adversity into ambition 
Now blossom into wealth

• Learn from mistakes and turn them into success.
• Keep your eye on the prize.
• Never help people  do bad things.
• Learn to share.

Which literary element did Tupac use to develop his theme?
Ambition Over Adversity by Tupac Shakur
Take one's adversity 
Learn from their misfortune 
Learn from their pain 
Believe in something 
Believe in yourself 
Turn adversity into ambition 
Now blossom into wealth

• imagery
• personification
• tone
• simile

What is a literary analysis?

• A blog about Donald Trump
• An essay that replicates research and makes one take a stance on a topic
• An essay examining all the parts of a piece of literature
• An essay that makes one think about the world around them and think why My Little Pony exists.

What is the layout of a literary analysis?

• Conclusion, Introduction, Conclusion
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Bernie Sanders
• Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion

What should you use to support your claim?

• Use quotes from Donald Trump's speech
• Evidence from a crime scene
• Evidence from the literature
• You don't have a claim, you have a thesis.

What are you given to read before a literary essay?

• Nonfiction articles
• Pieces of literature
• Fiction novellas
• 0 pieces of literature

The claim/thesis statement is

• the writers opinion on the topic they are writing about.

• ownership in writing

• the first line of an introduction paragraph.

• a question an author asks.

They weren’t on the hook by the phone and they weren’t in her purse. Alison checked the pockets of the jacket she’d worn the day before, but they weren’t there either. She looked at her watch and realized she would be late for work if she didn’t leave soon..

What is Alison looking for?

• Her Keys

• Her Car

• Her Cat

• Her Smoothie

Sometimes we have to “read between the lines.” Authors don’t always tell us everything. We need to use textual evidence and prior knowledge to understand the text better. 

• True
• False