Writing the AP Literature Analysis Essay

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Writing the AP Literature Analysis Essay
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I. Introduction (thematic statement)

• T Title
• A Author
• G Genre
• T Theme
• T Tone

- ONE SENTENCE
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II. Analysis Paragraphs(body paragraphs)

• Minimum of TWO paragraphs
• TEAR (For Every Paragraph)
• T Topic Sentence
• (Short sentence indicating what youll be
  explaining)

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II. Analysis Paragraphs

• E Embedded Text
• (Sentence which includes chunks of text that
  describes the element you will be explaining in
  the next sentence. NEVER quote an entire
  sentence pick parts of the passage which
  illustrates your analysis)

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II. Analysis Paragraphsb

• A Analysis
• (Explain how the literary device illustrated in
  the evidence above helps the writer achieve his
  purpose/meaning.)

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II. Analysis Paragraphs

• R Response
• (This short sentence is your response to the part
  of the passage you explained. DO NOT USE FIRST
  PERSON.

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III. Universal Statement(conclusion)

• The last paragraph should be about the same
  length as your introduction (short!) You can
  write this as a universal statement or compare
  the passage to another literary work. It is an
  assessment of the passage. DO NOT USE In
  Conclusion or therefore in this paragraph.