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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Audience and the Literary Analysis Essay | |
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The Importance of Audience | |
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The Audience for the Literary Analysis Essay | |
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Exercise Set 1.1 Understanding Audience | |
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Analytical Paragraphs | |
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Initial Analysis | |
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Analytical Paragraphs and Their Three Components | |
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Claims | |
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Identifying Claims | |
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Evidence | |
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Presenting Evidence | |
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Analysis | |
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Common Problems in Analytical Paragraphs | |
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Awkward repetition | |
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Confusion about what makes meaning | |
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Working with Analytical Paragraphs | |
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A sample analytical paragraph | |
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Understanding Analytical Paragraphs | |
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Creating Analytical Paragraphs | |
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Integrating Quotations from Literary Texts | |
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Guidelines for integrating quotations | |
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Integrating Quotations | |
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Theme | |
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Defining Theme | |
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Debating Theme | |
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Debating with the text: agreeing and disagreeing with themes | |
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Debating about texts: agreeing and disagreeing about themes | |
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Identifying Themes | |
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Identifying themes in drama and prose fiction | |
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Identifying themes in poetry | |
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Identifying complex themes | |
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Effective Statements of Theme | |
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A checklist for effective statements of theme | |
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Identifying Statements of Theme | |
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Argument Structure | |
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The Difference between a Logical Sequence and a List | |
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Sample outlines | |
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Understanding Argument Structure | |
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Organizational Paragraphs and Titles | |
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Introductory paragraphs | |
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Working with introductory paragraphs | |
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Understanding Introductory Paragraphs | |
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Transitional paragraphs | |
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Working with transitional paragraphs | |
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Understanding Transitional Paragraphs | |
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Concluding paragraphs | |
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Working with concluding paragraphs | |
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Understanding Concluding Paragraphs | |
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Titles | |
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Understanding Tides | |
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Types of Literary Analysis Essays | |
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Close Readings | |
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Passage Analysis Essays | |
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Introductions to passage analysis essays | |
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The structure of passage analysis essays | |
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Working with passage analysis essays | |
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Understanding Passage Analysis Essay Structure | |
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Comparative Literary Analysis Essays | |
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The purpose of comparative literary analysis essays | |
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Introductions to comparative literary analysis essays | |
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The structure of comparative literary analysis essays | |
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Working with comparative literary analysis essays | |
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Understanding Comparative Literary Analysis Essays | |
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Literary Analysis Research Essays | |
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Literary analysis research essays using critical sources | |
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Introductions to literary analysis research essays using critical sources | |
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Working with critical sources | |
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Understanding the Use of Critical Sources | |
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Literary analysis research essays using historical sources | |
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Working with historical sources | |
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Understanding the Use of Historical Sources | |
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In-Class Essays | |
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MLA Format | |
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The Appearance of the Essay | |
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Documentation: Works Cited List | |
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Works cited entries: print sources | |
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Works cited entries: online sources | |
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Works cited entries: other non-print sources | |
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Documentation: In-Text Citations | |
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Formatting Quotations | |
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Short quotations | |
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Long quotations | |
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Changing quotations | |
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Sample Essays | |
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A Literary Analysis Essay on a Short Story | |
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A Literary Analysis Essay on a Poem | |
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A Literary Analysis Essay on a Play | |
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A Literary Analysis Essay on a Novel | |
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A Literary Analysis Essay on a Film | |
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A Passage Analysis Essay | |
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A Comparative Literary Analysis Essay | |
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A Literary Analysis Research Essay Using Critical Sources | |
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A Literary Analysis Research Essay Using Historical Sources | |
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"The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | |
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Selected Exercise Answers | |
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Glossary of Literary Terms | |
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Structure and Mechanics: Marking Abbreviations for Instructors and Peer Evaluators | |
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Titles | |
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Introductory Paragraphs | |
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Thesis Statements | |
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Analytical Paragraphs | |
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Integrating Quotations | |
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Index | |
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Structure and Mechanics Checklist | |