Literary Analysis Essay (symbolism)

This week we are working on a literary analysis essay. 

Tuesday: Today we went over the PowerPoint on writing the essay.  We discussed the types of symbolism in "The Red Room." 
1. Red Room symbolizes danger
2. Darkness symbolizes fear
3. Light symbolized courage or safety

There were two handouts, one that explained the assignment with a rubric on the back, and an organizational chart.  The chart is basically the rough draft.  Both of these papers will be turned in with the typed essay.  Essay on top, completed chart behind essay, and rubric on the very back.

After going over the PowerPoint, we stopped on the introduction part.  Students spent the rest of class working on the first line across of the chart (this is the introduction information).

Wednesday:  Today I handed out the PowerPoint for students to use to do the body paragraph, and then the conclusion is on the board.  Students are to finish the organizational chart, and be prepared to write their final draft of the essay tomorrow.

Thursday & Friday: Students will be in the writing lab typing up their essays.

Here is a breakdown of the parts of the essay:

Introduction:

•The thesis statement tells your reader what to expect: it states the purpose of your essay -- the point you are trying to make.

Using your Ipad to research the author (H. G. Wells)

Find 2 important facts about the author

Find a fact about why or when he wrote “The Red Room.”

Include these facts in your introduction paragraph before you write the thesis statement.

Fill all of this information in on your organizational chart.  All of this information helps you write your introduction paragraph.

Body:

TS – Topic Sentence: Introduces the literary device and the author’s purpose for using it.

Evidence - Introduces and quotes something from the story, with quotation marks and page number. (should be from your Chart)

Analysis: Tells what the literary device means and its effect on the reader.

Analysis: Tell how the example reflects the theme.

CS – Concluding Sentence: Brings paragraph to an end.

Conclusion: 

A. Restatement of the Thesis Statement, using synonyms for your main theme words.

B. Write a sentence about how this theme/message was important to the main character of the story

C. Write a sentence about how the literary device (symbolism) was used to create a mood/tone in the story that helped the reader understand the message.

D. Write a sentence that tells how this theme could help everyone or society as a whole.

This is the most important information from the slides.