1. Book Project for 4th Term
Literary Analysis Paper

2. Requirements 1. Select an award winner book or a classic book
2. Bring your book to class each day and read during assignment time –points assessed each day
3. Take notes on literary elements after reading each day.
4. Write a literary analysis paper using your notes.

3. Nine Literary Elements to Take Notes On
1. Characterization
Physical characteristics
Personality traits
Choices the character makes
Changes in the character’s behavior or thoughts
Thoughts or actions other characters say or think about them

4. 2. Plot Conflicts/problems to solve
Events that happen to solve the conflict/problems
Turning points
Resolution
Significant actions that move the plot along

5. 3. Point of view –who is telling the story
First-person, when a character narrates the story with I-me-my-mine in his or her speech.
Third-person limited, in which the reader enters only one character's mind, either throughout the entire work or in a specific section. (Third-person limited differs from first-person because the author's voice, not the character's voice, is what you hear in the descriptive passage)
Third-person omniscient, in which the thoughts of every character are open to the reader.

6. 4. Figurative language Word choice Simile Metaphor Irony Symbolism
Words that further the meaning
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Symbolism
Imagery
Beautiful passages
Etc.

7. the order in which ideas and events take place.
6. Setting
Time
Place
7. Structure
the order in which ideas and events take place.

8. 9. Theme
8. Tone and Mood