SOURCES CAN ONLY BE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK
Introduction: You should make a general observation about the text and/or author that will set up your specific
argumet. Be sure to briefly explain any terms or concepts that the reader may need to know.
Thesis: Toward the end of your introduction, you write your thesis statement. In a literary analysis, this statement
focuses on how the author uses literary devices to create or enhance a theme or the meaning of the piece.
Body: This section is the majority of the paper. Your goal here is not to summarize the text, but to write topic sentences in which you put forward a point related to how literary devices work in the piece and then support that point using
examples from the text. In addition, you must analyze the examples you use from the text, explaining what they mean
and how they relate both to your focus in that paragraph and to the overall thesis.
Conclusion: Your conclusion should bring appropriate closure to your essay, tying together the claims made in the body and reinforcing the thesis.