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Literary Analysis Outline-103


Final Writing: Literary Analysis Outline-103

A 5-paragraph model for analyzing a piece of literature


Title

Sets the stage for the essay


Introduction

Opening sentence
Catchy start, background information
Thesis statement
Main idea about one or two literary elements and how they connect
Evidence/citation/example
Supporting in-text citation/s from work itself or external literary analysis linked to “Works Cited”

Body Paragraph 1

Main idea 1
Clear topic sentence, links to thesis
Evidence/citation/example
Supporting in-text citation/s from work itself or external literary analysis linked to “Works Cited””


Body Paragraph 2
Main idea 1
Clear topic sentence, links to thesis
Evidence/citation/example
Supporting in-text citation/s from work itself or external literary analysis linked to “Works Cited”


Body Paragraph 3
Main idea 1
Clear topic sentence, links to thesis
Evidence/citation/example
Supporting in-text citation/s from work itself or external literary analysis linked to “Works Cited”


Conclusion
Main idea 1
Restates thesis in other words, summarizes main ideas, provides closure
Evidence/citation
Supporting in-text citation/s from work itself or external literary analysis linked to “Works Cited”

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