1. How to write a literary essay
P.E.E.
How to write a literary essay

2. Point Evidence Explanation Literary Essay
Write a literary essay in 3 easy steps.
Just remember to P.E.E.!
P.E.E. stands for:
Point
Evidence
Explanation

3. Step 1- Point What is the topic of the paragraph?
The first sentence must make it clear what the paragraph will be about.
For example: At the beginning of “A Christmas Carole,” Scrooge is a nasty and uncaring man.

4. Step 2- Evidence
What words or phrases or events prove or illustrate your point?
The next sentence should give evidence from the text. It must relate directly to your point!
For example: Charles Dickens describes him as “hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire”(2).

5. Step 3- Explanation
What does the author want the reader to think or feel by using those words?
Explain how the evidence illustrates or proves your point.
For example: This gives the impression that Scrooge is more like stone or metal than a human being. Dickens uses the simile to point out to the reader how uncaring and mean Scrooge is. It also shows that he is not a warm or generous man and one expects that he will be the villain of the story.

6. The Whole Paragraph Reads
Point
Evidence
The Whole Paragraph Reads
At the beginning of “A Christmas Carole,” Scrooge is a nasty and uncaring man. Charles Dickens describes him as “hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire”(2). This gives the impression that Scrooge is more like stone or metal than a human being. Dickens uses the simile to point out to the reader how uncaring and mean Scrooge is. It also shows that he is not a warm or generous man and one expects that he will be the villain of the story.
Explanation