E.Q.: What is Literary Analysis? Literary Analysis is what we focus on in our Language Arts Class. A. Literary refers to literature/books/ novels

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E.Q. What is Literary Analysis?
Literary Analysis
is what we focus on in our
Language Arts Class. A.
Literary refers to literature/books/
novels B. Analysis means to
study/examine something
deeply C. Therefore, Literary
Analysis means to study
literature carefully looking
for deeper meaning within the text.
Focus is on theme or character
development and how these things
affect the story line.
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• E.Q. What is literary genre and
• what are the various kinds?
• I. Literary Genres
• A. GENRE is a type of or
• category. When referring to
  
• literature categories we call
  this
• Literary Genres. There are
  four
• main literary genres
• 1. Fiction
• 2. Nonfiction
• 3. Poetry
• 4. Drama

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• II. Fiction
• A narrative story that uses made up characters or
  events is called fiction.
• Some stories are all fiction, while others may be
  based on real people or events, but still tell a
  fictional story.
• III. Subgenres of Fiction
• Realistic Fiction- imaginative writing set in the
  real, modern world.
• Historical Fiction- fiction set in the past (ex.
  Boy of the Painted Cave)
• Fantasy-Literature that contains at least one
  fantastic or unreal element.
• Scientific Fiction-fiction based on real or
  possible scientific developments (usually set in
  the future or have technological advances, but
  characters still face problems people face today.

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• IV. NONFICTION (A.K.A. Expository Text)
• Writing that tells about real people, places, and
  events are called nonfiction. There are two types
  of literary nonfiction informative and factual.
• The main purpose is to inform and explain.
• Types of nonfiction autobiographies,
  biographies, essays, news articles.
• Example Biography of Anne Frank

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• V. Poetry
• Poetry is a type of literature where ideas,
  images, and feelings are expressed in only a few
  words. Most poetry is written in lines which may
  take the form of stanzas. Poetry will combine
  words to create vivid pictures to express their
  ideas.
• Examples acrostic poems, Haiku, free verse, and
  cinquains.

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• VI. Drama
• Drama is a form of literature that is performed
  before an audience. In drama, the story is
  presented by characters. The written form of
  drama is the script. The script gives all the
  characters instructions about performing the
  play.
• Two important forms of drama are comedy and
  tragedy.
• - Examples Romeo and Juliet
• and Wicked

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• 7 questions
• Summary- highlight 10 important/key words and
  make a summary from what you learned.

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• Homework
• Create a Literary Genre Mini Book that includes
  the following
• Cover page name (first last), date, period, and
  creative title
• Page 1 (back of cover page) Literary Genre
  Definition with picture
• Page 2 Fiction notes and picture
• Page 3 Types of Fiction notes and picture
• Page 4 Nonfiction notes and picture
• Page 5 Poetry notes and picture
• Page 6 Drama notes and picture
• Each page MUST have a decorative border with
  appropriate picture
• Personal Best Style!