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Outline Structure for Literary Analysis Essay I. Catchy Title II. Paragraph 1: Introduction (Use HATMAT) A. Hook B. Author C. Title D. Main characters E. A short summary F. Thesis III. Paragraph 2: First Body Paragraph A. Topic sentence (what this paragraph will discuss, how it will prove your thesis) B. Context for the quote 1. Who says it? 2. What’s happening in the text when they say it? C. Quote from the text (cited appropriately) D. Analysis of the quote: How does it prove your thesis? E. Closing sentence (wrap up the paragraph to effectively transition to the next paragraph) IV. Paragraph 3: Second Body Paragraph A. Topic sentence (what this paragraph will discuss, how it will prove your thesis) B. Context for the quote 1. Who says it? 2. What’s happening in the text when they say it? C. Quote from the text (cited appropriately) D. Analysis of the quote: How does it prove your thesis? E. Closing sentence (wrap up the paragraph to effectively transition to the next paragraph V. Paragraph 4: Third Body Paragraph A. Topic sentence (what this paragraph will discuss, how it will prove your thesis) B. Context for the quote 1. Who says it? 2. What’s happening in the text when they say it? C. Quote from the text (cited appropriately) D. Analysis of the quote: How does it prove your thesis? E. Closing sentence (wrap up the paragraph to effectively transition to the next paragraph VI. Conclusion (You do not necessarily have to follow this order, but include the following): A. Summarize your argument. B. Extend the argument. C. Show why the text is important. Thesis statement:SAMPLE PATTERNS FOR THESES ON LITERARY WORKS 1. In (title of work), (author) (illustrates, shows) (aspect) (adjective). Example: In “Barn Burning,” William Faulkner shows the characters Sardie and Abner Snopes struggling for their identity. 2. In (title of work), (author) uses (one aspect) to (define, strengthen, illustrate) the (element of work). Example: In “Youth,” Joseph Conrad uses foreshadowing to strengthen the plot. 3. In (title of work), (author) uses (an important part of work) as a unifying device for (one element), (another element), and (another element). NOTE: The number of elements can vary from one to four. Example: In “Youth,” Joseph Conrad uses the sea as a unifying device for setting, structure and theme. 4. (Author) develops the character of (character’s name) in (literary work) through what he/she does, what he/she says, what other people say to or about him/her. Example: Langston Hughes develops the character of Semple in “Ways and Means”… 5. In (title of work), (author) uses (literary device) to (accomplish, develop, illustrate, strengthen) (element of work). Example: In “The Masque of the Red Death,” Poe uses the symbolism of the stranger, the clock, and the seventh room to develop the theme of death. 6. (Author) (shows, develops, illustrates) the theme of __________ in the (play, poem, story). Example: Flannery O’Connor illustrates the theme of the effect of the selfishness of the grandmother upon the family in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” 7. (Author) develops his character(s) in (title of work) through his/her use of language. Example: John Updike develops his characters in “A & P” through his use of figurative language.Embedding quotes:This means using bits and pieces of a longer quote with in your own sentence.If the essay is referencing a single work that you have identified in your introduction, all you need is the appropriate page number (or line number for poems) following the quote:Hardy used “the lantern hanging at her wagon” as a symbol of Tess’s future. So when it “had gone out,” Hardy is foreshadowing that the light in Tess’s future is going to go out in some traumatic way (43).Roger's murder of Piggy clearly illustrates the depths children can sink to without appropriate supervision. As he stood high above Piggy on the mountain, "Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever" (180). His willingness to welcome the moment with "delirious abandonment" clearly demonstrates the level of pleasure that Roger received by committing this horrific act. As a gift, the “gold hilt was handed over to the old lord, a relic from long ago for the venerable ruler” (1677-1679).When embedding quotes, make sure your use of the quotes ALWAYS lines up with the AUTHOR’S INTENT. In other words, don’t manipulate the quote in a way that changes the meaning. ................
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