Literary Analysis Writing High School

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8th - 10th Grade

34 Qs

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Literary Analysis Writing High School

Literary Analysis Writing High School

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

34 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Based on the Regents Part 3 text analysis response task (below), what two things should you look for in the text?


(1) Your Task: Closely read the text provided on pages 20 and 21 and write a well-developed, text-based response of two to three paragraphs. (2) In your response, identify a central idea in the text and analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. (3) Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. (4) Do not simply summarize the text. You may use the margins to take notes as you read and scrap paper to plan your response.

Guidelines:

Be sure to:

(5) Identify a central idea in the text

(6) Analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. Examples include: characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone, etc.

(7) Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis

(8) Organize your ideas in a cohesive and coherent manner • (9) Maintain a formal style of writing

• (10) Follow the conventions of standard written English

Two literary devices

One theme and one main idea

One central idea and one writing strategy

One literary element and one literary technique

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentences (numbered below) give you some examples of literary devices?


(1) Your Task: Closely read the text provided on pages 20 and 21 and write a well-developed, text-based response of two to three paragraphs. (2) In your response, identify a central idea in the text and analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. (3) Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. (4) Do not simply summarize the text. You may use the margins to take notes as you read and scrap paper to plan your response.

Guidelines:

Be sure to:

(5) Identify a central idea in the text

(6) Analyze how the author’s use of one writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) develops this central idea. Examples include: characterization, conflict, denotation/connotation, metaphor, simile, irony, language use, point-of-view, setting, structure, symbolism, theme, tone, etc.

(7) Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis

(8) Organize your ideas in a cohesive and coherent manner • (9) Maintain a formal style of writing

• (10) Follow the conventions of standard written English

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

Sentence 6

Sentence 7

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

For a Text Analysis Response (part 3 of the ELA Regents), what TWO things do you need to find in the provided text?

Plot and Summary

Central idea and literary device

High level questions and inferences

The title and the author

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A central idea can be a theme or a main idea

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 
Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The task tells you to analyze how one writing strategy develops the central idea. A writing strategy is...

A literary device (element or technique)

The same thing as a central idea

Something the writer used to meet their deadline

Annotation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What should come after a piece of text evidence within literary analysis?

A follow up statement that begins with "I think that..."

Absolutely nothing. Evidence is all that is needed!

A few sentences that summarize why the story is boring.

An analysis that extends the writer's thinking about specific language within the excerpt and how it connects to the theme.

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