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    The document defines key literary elements such as plot, characters, setting, theme, and tone. It then discusses literary criticism as the analysis and evaluation of literature using various approaches. Some approaches mentioned are biological, historical, gender-based, mythological, reader-response, theoretical, psychological, moralist, sociological, and formalist. The document provides guidelines for writing a literary analysis, including capturing reader interest in the introduction, summarizing the work, stating a clear thesis anchored to an approach, developing the thesis in the body, and echoing the thesis in the conclusion without introducing new ideas.

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    The document defines key literary elements such as plot, characters, setting, theme, and tone. It then discusses literary criticism as the analysis and evaluation of literature using various approaches. Some approaches mentioned are biological, historical, gender-based, mythological, reader-response, theoretical, psychological, moralist, sociological, and formalist. The document provides guidelines for writing a literary analysis, including capturing reader interest in the introduction, summarizing the work, stating a clear thesis anchored to an approach, developing the thesis in the body, and echoing the thesis in the conclusion without introducing new ideas.

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     Plot

     Characters
     Setting
     Theme
     Tone
     The series of events in the story—beginning,
    middle, and end.
    SETTING

     The people/animals in  The where and when


    the story who carry out the story takes place.
    the action.
    TONE

     The central belief of  The attitude that the


    the story, usually writer has towards the
    something abstract subject.
    that unifies the whole
    plot like love,
    friendship, etc.
     Literary Criticism is the comparison, analysis,
    interpretation, and/or evaluation of works of
    literature.
     It evaluates the value and merit of a literary
    work using certain parameters, approaches
    or concepts in literature.
     Biological Approach
     Historical Approach
     Gender Approach
     Mythological Approach
     Reader-Response Approach
     Theoretical Approach
     Psychological Approach
     Moralist Approach
     Sociological Approach
     Formalist Approach
     Should capture the reader’s interest.
     You may use quotation, question, vivid
    description, startling fact etc.
     Includes a brief summary of the literary piece.
     Must clearly state a thesis statement
    anchored on an approach.
     Is the development of the thesis statement.
     Answers the question “why did you choose
    that approach?”
     Should echo the thesis statement.
     It should not be presenting new ideas which
    were not developed in the body.
     List entries cited in the literary analysis text.

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