Writing Analysis

Do you need to include the title, author, and genre in the topic sentence?

The second part of an analysis paragraph is giving evidence from the story.

Do you need to include some of YOUR OWN WORDS in a sentence where you present directly quoted text evidence?

Is this evidence embedded correctly?

In the short story “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, Leonard Mead, while out alone on his evening walk, felt content. “He listened to the faint push of his soft shoes through autumn leaves." Mead enjoys these traditional nighttime walks.

The third part of an analysis paragraph is giving some analysis - your own interpretation and explanation of how the evidence proves your claim.

Analysis should and most often will include the use of abstract nouns (those "theme" kind of idea words like happiness, jealousy, freedom, etc.)

How are we feeling about writing analysis paragraphs?