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    Literary Analysis Paper/Rubric What Is A Literary Analysis?

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    This document provides instructions and a rubric for writing a literary analysis paper. It explains that a literary analysis involves making an argument about a literary text and supporting it with examples and analysis from the text. It outlines 12 steps students should take to write the paper, including formulating a thesis, analyzing the text, organizing ideas, and rewriting. It also provides a 20-point rubric that will be used to grade the paper based on elements like the introduction and thesis, use of quotes, organization, analysis, and conclusion.

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    This document provides instructions and a rubric for writing a literary analysis paper. It explains that a literary analysis involves making an argument about a literary text and supporting it with examples and analysis from the text. It outlines 12 steps students should take to write the paper, including formulating a thesis, analyzing the text, organizing ideas, and rewriting. It also provides a 20-point rubric that will be used to grade the paper based on elements like the introduction and thesis, use of quotes, organization, analysis, and conclusion.

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    This document provides instructions and a rubric for writing a literary analysis paper. It explains that a literary analysis involves making an argument about a literary text and supporting it with examples and analysis from the text. It outlines 12 steps students should take to write the paper, including formulating a thesis, analyzing the text, organizing ideas, and rewriting. It also provides a 20-point rubric that will be used to grade the paper based on elements like the introduction and thesis, use of quotes, organization, analysis, and conclusion.

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    Literary Analysis Paper/Rubric What Is A Literary Analysis?

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    This document provides instructions and a rubric for writing a literary analysis paper. It explains that a literary analysis involves making an argument about a literary text and supporting it with examples and analysis from the text. It outlines 12 steps students should take to write the paper, including formulating a thesis, analyzing the text, organizing ideas, and rewriting. It also provides a 20-point rubric that will be used to grade the paper based on elements like the introduction and thesis, use of quotes, organization, analysis, and conclusion.

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    Literary Analysis Paper/Rubric 

    What is a literary analysis?


             In a literary analysis, you write a formal paper in which you make an argument and
    support
    your argument with examples from and analysis of a literary text.
    What is the point?
             You should be developing your abilities to READ a text, make an ARGUMENT,
    LOGICALLY support that argument with evidence from the text, write in an ORGANIZED
    manner which will aid in conveying your points to the reader, and communicate via the
    written page. The importance of such skills should be obvious.
             TO MAKE YOU THINK!!!
    What a literary analysis IS NOT!
             A paper exploring the relevance of the story to your own life. While your own
    experience will of course shape your writing style as well as the story you pick, you
    should not focus on personal life experiences or use them as arguments for your topic.
             A summary of the story.
    Steps you should take:
    1.      Formulate a clear thesis.
    2.      Formulate a few questions relevant to your thesis which will help you when you
    reread the
    story or poem.
    3.      Reread the story or poem you want to address carefully. Underline passages
    which are
    relevant or copy them into your notes. Try to answer the questions you’ve
    formulated.
    4.      Brainstorm ideas: what arguments can you make? What connections come to
    mind?
    5.      Reexamine your thesis. Is it supportable? Is it complex enough? Is it interesting?
    6.  Organize your examples and your ideas. Make a rough outline, including examples
    and
    page numbers.
    7.   Write!
    8.   Ask yourself: Do my sentences connect? Do my paragraphs connect? (In other
    words, does
    this make any sense at all?)
    9.   Rewrite!
    10. Have some else proof read it.
    11. Rewrite!
    12. Turn in final draft.
     Literary Analysis Essay Rubric
    CATEGORY 20 16 8 4 Score
    Introduction First paragraph First paragraph A catchy No attempt was  
    is catchy. has a weak beginning was made to catch  
    and Thesis Thesis is "grabber." attempted but the reader's  
    evident and Thesis is mixed was confusing attention in the  
    point to be among many rather than first paragraph.  
    argued well sentences and catchy. Thesis Thesis is not _____
    stated. hard to piece is not entirely apparent nor is
    together. apparent the topic of the
    although topic essay.
    is evident.
    Quotes and All facts/quotes Almost all Most There are several  
    Support presented in the facts/quotes facts/quotes factual/quotation  
    essay are presented in the presented in errors in the  
    accurate and essay are the story are essay. There is  
    support/relate accurate and accurate. no real effort to  
    back to the occasionally Evidence is make the piece  
    thesis/topic support/relate scattered and cohesive. 3 or  
    sentence. 5 back to the difficult to less quotes  
    quotes present. thesis/topic follow rather present. _____
    sentence. 4-5 than used to
    quotes present. prove your
    thesis/topic
    sentence. 3-4
    quotes
    present.
    Organization The essay is The essay is The essay is a Ideas seem to be  
    very well pretty well little hard to randomly  
    organized. Five organized. Five follow. arranged. No  
    paragraphs (or paragraphs Paragraphs effort at  
    more) evident. evident. One are unclear. paragraph  
    One idea or idea may seem The transitions organization.  
    argument out of place. are sometimes _____
    follows another Clear not clear.
    in a logical transitions are
    sequence with used.
    clear
    transitions.
    Analysis The essay The essay The essay The essay does  
    thoroughly analyzes the somewhat not analyze the  
    analyzes the author’s style/ analyzes the author’s style/  
    author’s style/ techniques author’s style/ techniques using  
    techniques mostly using techniques literary terms, or  
    using literary literary terms. using literary the essay  
    terms. terms, but contains little  
    contains some analysis and _____
    summary of mostly just
    the plot. summarizes the
    plot.
    Closing Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion Paper does not  
    Paragraph concisely restates thesis vaguely contain a  
    restates thesis statement, main restates thesis conclusion or  
    statement, main points, and statement, conclusion is not  
    points, and includes a final main points, apparent to  
    includes an concluding and includes a reader. _____
    insightful final thought on the weak final
    concluding topic. unoriginal final Total
    thought on the thought. Score:
    topic.
     

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