1. Literary Essay Review
Senior classes

2. Essays are Expository Your job to EXPLAIN Explain theme
Explain structure
Explain point
Explain evidence
Explain connection to theme
Explain conclusion

3. Structure of the Literary Essay
Introduction – 10%
Lead
Author, title, background, etc.
Thesis explains answer
Body – 80%
Three subtopics support thesis
Transitions
Arguments and evidence
CONNECTIONS to thesis
Conclusion – 10%
Repeat introduction
End with interesting thought
See for explanation

4. Body Paragraphs Use the PEA Method
P – Point
E – Evidence
A – Analysis
See the following video for an explanation
Pay special attention to the chart detailing what to do for each level grade

5. Grade Levels Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Knows plot and not much more
Finds evidence from the text and does limited analysis on the quotations
“This shows that…”
Makes clear connections between evidence and point
“The author uses _____ to show that….”
Makes clear connections to theme
“The author wants the reader to think about the idea that…”

6. Logic
All men are mortal
Socrates is a man
ERGO, Socrates is mortal

7. Logical ?
Progress is good
Cars represent progress
ERGO, cars are good

8. Logical ?
Tall people are scary
She is sort of tall
ERGO, she is scary

9. Logical ? Young people need supervision She is with her aunts
ERGO, she is young

10. Logical ? Aunt Hetty says, “That’s the way it is”
Speaker says, “At Your Service”
ERGO, the theme is women feel trapped like animals

11. logical Small, domestic animals are kept in cages
Speaker says she feels like a small animal
ERGO, she feels trapped