1. Literary Analysis Notes
May 10, 2018

2. T.A.G. T – title A – author G – genre
Use a TAG to clarify what you are writing about and properly cite your source.

3. Genres Fantasy Historical fiction Horror Mystery Realistic fiction
Science fiction
> Novel
Short story 
Fairy tale
Play (comedy, tragedy)
Poem
Biography  
Essay  
Memoir  
Speech 

5. Using a TAG in your writing
Sentence Starters:
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, a fantasy novel by JK Rowling…
Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello,…
Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night,…
In a biography of Steve Jobs, written by Walter Isaacson…
The horror novel, IT, by Stephen King…

6. Weaving Quotes into your writing
What NOT to do:
Do this instead:
Don’t write a whole quote without incorporating it into your own writing! Example - “The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames... A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it.” – Elie Wiesel, Night. This quote shows that Elie has lost faith in God after being in Auschwitz.
DO use parts of quotes and weave them into your writing. Example – Elie feels like his past childlike self has been “consumed in the flames” of the crematoriums of Auschwitz (Wiesel 37). He is no longer “the student of the Talmud” that he was because he has lost faith in God after seeing the horrors of the camp (37).

7. Practice on your own!
USE T.A.G. and ANSWER THE QUESTION IN COMPLETE SENTENCES

8. Use t.A.G. & ANSWER THE QUESTION below
Describe how Lizzy’s life experiences motivated her to achieve her goal of going to Harvard?