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1 Literary Analysis How to analyze a text

2 Why Analyze at all? Helps you to fully understand what you have read
Helps you appreciate how author’s craft literature Helps you to read other literature & understand and enjoy it Helps you to form your own opinions and reactions to literature Helps your critical literacy skills

3 What can we analyze The plot The setting The characters The writing
The author’s purpose for writing the piece Your reactions

4 The plot Introduction or Exposition: reveals characters, generates circumstances, explains setting Rising Action: the series of conflicts & crisis Climax: the turning point, the most intense moment Falling Action or Denouement: follows the climax Conclusion or resolution: how things are left

5 The plot

6 Why does both TIME and PLACE matter?
Setting In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place. Truby, John (2007). Anatomy of a Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. New York, NY: Faber and Faber, Inc. Why does both TIME and PLACE matter?

7 Characters Major Characters: Protagonist (the main character)
& Antagonist (the person or thing that works against the main character), minor characters We will look at the character’s: motivation, conflict, thoughts vs. actions/behaviour, growth or change, realizations, interactions, etc.

8 The Writing The author’s tone, voice, use of cliché, etc.
The author’s word choice, sentence structure, organization The author’s use of literary devices: irony, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeias, similes, metaphors, oxymorons, etc. (

9 Author’s Tone What is the author’s attitude toward the characters? The action?

10 Author’s Purpose Why did the author write this? To persuade, entertain, inform, or describe? What message is the author trying to send? What is the author saying about the topic? The characters? Human nature? Life in general?

11 Your reaction What do you think of the literature?
What connections can you make? What does it remind you of? Make you think of? How do you feel about the characters? The action? The conflict> the resolution? What do you think about the author’s style? Tone? Purpose?

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