Literary Analysis

Literature begs for readers to read, react to, think about, and interpret the text.  Literary analysis gives you a chance to deconstruct the symbols, language, setting, plot, character, and foreshadowing in order to suggest the true MEANING of a text.

In literary analysis, you make a claim about the text and support your claim with evidence, reasoning and analysis. 

Task

• Visit Teen Ink
• Find an example of a literary analysis essay
• Read the essay
• Send Harriciones an email with the following information and answers to the following questions: 

                         Title and author of the essay you read

          1. How do you know that the essay you read is an example of literary analysis?
          2. Copy and paste a passage from the essay that shows "deeper understanding" of the text.     
          3. Explain the passage you copied above in your own words.