Literary Analysis Writing

When annotating a literary analysis introduction paragraph dark blue represents

• claim/thesis statement

• hook.

• background information from the story

• reasons to support the claim.

When annotating a literary analysis introduction paragraph light blue represents

• claim.

• hook.

• background information from the story.

• reasons to support the claim.

When annotating a literary analysis paragraph green represents the

• claim.

• hook.

• background information from the story

• reasons to support the claim.

When annotating a literary analysis paragraph pink represents the

• claim.

• hook.

• background information from the story

• reasons to support the claim.

Which one is not an example of a hook?

• Question

• Story

• Description

• Joke

the author’s reason for writing (to entertain, persuade, inform, etc.)

• explicit

• implicit

• author's purpose

• text evidence

implied but not stated directly

• inciting incident

• implicit

• limited POV

• omniscient POV

the first event in which the conflict becomes apparent

• tone

• explicit

• inciting incident

• mood

the emotional response of the reader to the tone of the text

• text evidence

• implicit

• tone

• mood

exact text that supports a claim or opinion

• text evidence

• tone

• mood

• author's purpose