Literary Analysis

Analyze one story, a poem or group of poems or an approved movie.

be 3-4 pages long

write about the work in terms of character, symbolism, theme,etc(but not a summary)

Assume the reader is familiar with the work and write accordingly

Try to find some sort of fresh outlook on the piece, also use quotes from the story, poem, etc to backup theories

• Organize the essay around a question which trying to answer about the texts and their possible meanings
• Use questions as a guide for reading the texts selectively
• As you shape your answer to the question, rely mostly on passages and other information from the primary works as a source of evidence
• Also need 3-5 reliable sources to help backup claims or to argue against