Analysis vs. Summary/Paraphrase

Which one’s which? The author uses similes and images throughout the short story. The author's use of similes combined with sharp images reveal crucial aspects of the character's thought processes and her emotional state.

Which one’s which? Rachel expresses her own perceptions of being eleven and having all of her previous ages bottled up inside her through the use of similes which reflect an eleven-year-old mentality trying to cope with feelings too complex for words. Rachel uses similes to express her own perceptions of being eleven.

Analysis? Or Summary? The speaker uses images of a mouse and a fly throughout the poem.

Analysis? Or Summary? The images themselves, of the mouse and the fly, establish the speaker’s sense of danger (or a lucky escape from danger) and the speaker’s self-hatred.

What do you notice about the grammatical structure of each of the analyses? The author's use of similes combined with sharp images reveal crucial aspects of the character's thought processes and her emotional state. Rachel expresses her own perceptions of being eleven and having all of her previous ages bottled up inside her through the use of similes which reflect an eleven- year-old mentality trying to cope with feelings too complex for words. The images themselves, of the mouse and the fly, establish the speaker’s sense of danger (or a lucky escape from danger) and the speaker’s self-hatred.

Observation of Literary Device The author's use of similes combined with sharp images reveal crucial aspects of the character's thought processes and her emotional state. Rachel expresses her own perceptions of being eleven and having all of her previous ages bottled up inside her through the use of similes which reflect an eleven- year-old mentality trying to cope with feelings too complex for words. The images themselves, of the mouse and the fly, establish the speaker’s sense of danger (or a lucky escape from danger) and the speaker’s self-hatred.

Observation of Literary Device + Verb The author's use of similes combined with sharp images reveal crucial aspects of the character's thought processes and her emotional state. Rachel expresses her own perceptions of being eleven and having all of her previous ages bottled up inside her through the use of similes which reflect an eleven- year-old mentality trying to cope with feelings too complex for words. The images themselves, of the mouse and the fly, establish the speaker’s sense of danger (or a lucky escape from danger) and the speaker’s self-hatred.

Observation of Literary Device + Verb + Meaning/Opinion The author's use of similes combined with sharp images reveal crucial aspects of the character's thought processes and her emotional state. Rachel expresses her own perceptions of being eleven and having all of her previous ages bottled up inside her through the use of similes which reflect an eleven- year-old mentality trying to cope with feelings too complex for words. The images themselves, of the mouse and the fly, establish the speaker’s sense of danger (or a lucky escape from danger) and the speaker’s self-hatred.

Make the following statements into analytical statements. McCourt uses humor throughout Angela's Ashes. McCourt uses little punctuation (which results in long, run-on sentences) throughout the beginning of his memoir.