Aim: How do we find a central idea of a literary passge? CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Aim: How do we find a central idea of a literary passge? Part 3 Text-Analysis Response Your Task: Closely read the text provided on pages 21 and 22 and write a well-developed, text-based response of two to three paragraphs. 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. Use strong and thorough evidence from the text to support your analysis. Do not simply summarize the text.

How Do We Find A Central Idea of a Literary Passage? (revised) The central idea is the theme of a literary piece. It is what the author intends to whisper the reader his important message behind its story. In other words, the author doesn’t tell you his message; you have to make inference after reading the story and ask yourself the following questions. Question: 1. What is a central idea? ________________________________________________

How Do We Find A Central Idea of a Literary Passage? (revised) 2. Why is finding a central idea so important? __________________________________________

How Do We Find A Central Idea of a Literary Passage? (revised) Why does the author tell us this story? What does he want to tell us in this story? How is the central idea or theme expressed through the characters, setting, point of view, tone, language, or conflict? In what way does the resolution of the external conflict indicate the central idea or theme? How does the resolution of the internal conflict express the story's theme? Are symbols, metaphors, or similes used to portray the central idea or theme?

How Do We Find A Central Idea of a Literary Passage? (revised) What are the repeated images, words, or expressions in the story? How does the title make sense in terms of the story? Is it significant?   What does the story reveal about society, people in general, the roles of men and women, the time period in which the story takes place? http://www.austincc.edu/bvillarr/theme.htm

How Do We Find A Central Idea of a Literary Passage? (revised) Exit question: What is the central idea of the passage, “All Things Are Linked”? How do you find it (throuth title, images, characters, plot, repetition, or anything else)? The central idea of the passage, “All Things Are Linked” is _________ ________________________________ (complete sentence). I found it through ____________________ (write one of the literary devices in the question).