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Communication Arts- Literary Analysis Paragraph Guidelines
Literary Analysis Paragraph: “One Chunk” Style
A literary analysis paragraph is used to answer a question or a prompt about a character, problem, event, etc. in a story. It is a way to organize your writing that uses evidence from the text and your own analysis.
A one-chunk literary analysis paragraph contains five sentences:
Topic Sentence (TS): The main idea sentence, which contains the subject and an opinion about the subject.
Concrete Detail (CD) : Evidence or examples from the book to support the main idea.
Commentary (CM): Analysis, insight, interpretation, or comment on how the detail supports the main idea.
Commentary (CM): An extension of the first commentary.
Conclusion Sentence (CS): A clincher sentence that finishes the paragraph.
Example:
Describe one characteristic of the character of Bilbo Baggins in the first scene of The Hobbit.
Bilbo Baggins does not like adventure. In the beginning of the story, he explains how Hobbits like for everything to be simple and plain. This is important because it shows why he is hesitant to go on the quest for the dragon. He does not want his routine to be upset. Bilbo does not go seeking adventure, but adventure finds him.
Helpful transitions:
Use these sentence starters to help make the paragraph flow.
CDs: For example…. When this happened….. When the character said….
CMs: This proves…. This shows that….. This is important because….
This model is based on Jane Schaffer's paragraph writing model.
A literary analysis paragraph is used to answer a question or a prompt about a character, problem, event, etc. in a story. It is a way to organize your writing that uses evidence from the text and your own analysis.
A one-chunk literary analysis paragraph contains five sentences:
Topic Sentence (TS): The main idea sentence, which contains the subject and an opinion about the subject.
Concrete Detail (CD) : Evidence or examples from the book to support the main idea.
Commentary (CM): Analysis, insight, interpretation, or comment on how the detail supports the main idea.
Commentary (CM): An extension of the first commentary.
Conclusion Sentence (CS): A clincher sentence that finishes the paragraph.
Example:
Describe one characteristic of the character of Bilbo Baggins in the first scene of The Hobbit.
Bilbo Baggins does not like adventure. In the beginning of the story, he explains how Hobbits like for everything to be simple and plain. This is important because it shows why he is hesitant to go on the quest for the dragon. He does not want his routine to be upset. Bilbo does not go seeking adventure, but adventure finds him.
Helpful transitions:
Use these sentence starters to help make the paragraph flow.
CDs: For example…. When this happened….. When the character said….
CMs: This proves…. This shows that….. This is important because….
This model is based on Jane Schaffer's paragraph writing model.