Literary Analysis

5 Paragraphs Introduction Body Paragraph 1 Body Paragraph 2 Conclusion Introduce us to book banning Literary element on why your book is banned Literary element on why your book should be taught Conclusion

Your Prompt What literary components cause your book to be considered not fit for high school students? What literary components drive your booked to be banned /censored? Write two paragraphs analyzing why your book is censored. Then write a paragraph on why your book should be taught. What literary elements are in your book and why they should be taught.

Introduction Make a connection between banning/censorship and your book Fact Quote Quote from book Make a statement Note – In your introduction introduce book and author

Introduction The top 5 banned books of this decade are The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell, and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (American Library Association). Harry Potter the first book mentioned is a novel, meaning fiction, and it is sub categorized as a fantasy novel; once again, meaning not real. The realistic setting and characters are two reasons why this booked is constantly being reviewed, but these two literary elements are why this book should be taught in schools.

Body Paragraph Topic Sentence Example Explain Answer Prompt Example Explain Quote – Proves your point Explain quote in correlation with prompt Transition Moves you to the next point

You will have three of these …. In-text – more than three lines indent with no quotes. Refer to my example

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date. Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. The Berkley Publishing Group, 1954.

Body Paragraph Topic Sentence with a connected word to prompt Answer prompt Detail/explain Example from text Explain quote Transition to conclusion

Rules No I ‘s Citing Source ( Last name, page number). This is not a position paper It is a literary Analysis