Hexagonal Writing

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Hexagonal Writing

• Understanding how to write a literary analysis an
  easy way!

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Layers of your Literary Analysis

• Plot Summary (retell the story)
• Personal Allusion ( what does the story remind
  you of from your own life/experience. 
• Theme authors message. Sum up your story in
  one word, but stretch it into a statement.
• Literary Devices- imagery, similes, metaphors,
  etc. first look at the authors word choice that
  proves your theme. Then examine the words and
  look for any literary devices.
• Literary Allusion what other texts, books,
  poems, movies, etc. does the story remind you of.
• Evaluation did you like the book, what was your
  opinion.

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LAYERS From your reading companionthat will lead
to your literary analysis writing.

• Plot Summary/Literal Level Write title and
  author give plot retell the work in your own
  words.
• Personal association Write personal allusions
  (connect with the text.) What in the work
  reminds you of something or someone in your life.
  Remember to explain the association.

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Literary Analysis

• Theme Write out the meaning, the message. What
  do you think the authors purpose was in writing
  this work?
• Literary Devices - trace it throughout the work.

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Remembering Literary DevicesREVIEW

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Flashback

• Comparison of two things using like or as
• Comparison of two things not using like or as
• Giving human qualities to an animal, object or
  idea
• Words that appeal to the readers senses
• A hint about an event that will happen later
• An interruption of a sequence of a narrative to
  relate an action that happened at an earlier
  point in time.

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Understanding Theme

• To determine the theme of a story, ask yourself,
  What does the author want me to learn or know?
• Your answer should be a BIG idea that can stand
  on its own away from the story.
• Many stories have more than one theme!

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Personal Association

• Connect with what you read!
• Does what you are reading remind you of something
  you have done, somewhere you have been, or
  someone you have known?
• Always try to relate this story to you and your
  life!!

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Literary Associations

• Has something happened in what you are reading
  that reminds you of another novel or story?
• Can you relate a character in this story to
  another character in a different story?
• Is this theme similar to another one?

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Cont. with Literary Analysis

• Literary Associations What in other works are
  like or unlike this work? Remember connect to
  other things you have read or seen!
• Judgement/Evaluation Do I like this work or
  not? Why or why not? Give reasons. Remember -
  valid reasons are essential!

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Good writing to you!!