Literary Analysis Writing

a short answer or essay that is written in response to all of, or a specific element of, a text

• annotate

• inciting incident

• mood

• response

making notes and comments in a text to help the reader better understand the events and meaning

• response

• text evidence

• annotate

• inciting incident

a third person narrator who describes the action from the perspective of only one of the characters

• limited POV

• omniscient POV

• text evidence

• tone

a third person narrator who knows and can reveal everything about all the characters and events

• implicit

• explicit

• omniscient POV

• limited POV

How many paragraphs should your completed literary analysis essay have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What does it mean to analyze?

• to summarize

• to read a book

• to examine closely

• to ride an elevator

What is a theme of a text?

• the topic

• The underlying message/lesson learned about life or human nature

• the climax of the story

• the end part of an essay

The stars danced across the sky.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Which text evidence best describes the develop of 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

• Take one's adversity

• Learn from their misfortune, Believe in something

• Believe in yourself, Believe in something

• Take one's adversity, Turn adversity into ambition

Which literary element did Tupac use to develop his theme?Ambition Over Adversity by Tupac Shakur

• imagery

• personification

• tone

• simile