Analyze This!

Analyze This!Unit 2What is Analysis?Breaking a whole into its parts to see why the specific parts were chosen and how those parts work together to create the whole.

Does this sound familiar? It should.

Analysis vs. Reverse EngineeringAnalysis1. Read text identify the purpose 2. Evaluate the merits What stood out to you while you read? (visually, structurally, functionally)3. Break the text into its parts 4. Analyze choices the author made in regard to those parts 5. Write down your thoughts using evidence from the text to back up/prove those thoughts6. Think about your own writing style and how you would do things differentlyReverse Engineering 1. Look at the structure-what is its purpose? 2. Evaluate the structures merits(visually, structurally, functionally) 3. Break the structure into its parts 4. Analyze the parts to see how they work together to create the whole 5. Document your ideas, using specific evidence from the structure 6. Redesign the structure, using your own ideas

Literary DevicesSimile: Two things being compared, usually by like or asExampleHer eyes as bright as a butterflys wings; He is sly like a foxMetaphor: A comparison between two dissimilar things in which one becomes another; one thing representing anotherExampleMy teacher is a clown; My mothers hair is the warm smell of bread right before you bake it.

More literary devicesAlliteration: The repetition of the same sounds or the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllablesExampleKelly caught the contagious cold; Sally sold seashells by the seashorePersonification: When inanimate objects are given qualities or are represented as possessing human formExampleWe could see the fire dancing through the trees; Mother Earth or Father Time

And even more literary devicesOnomatopoeia: Words that imitate the sounds associated with their meaningExampleBuzz; SplatOxymoron: Two contradicting ideas or objects that come together for a new meaningExampleJumbo shrimp; Hells Angels; Freezer burnHyperbole: An obvious exaggerationExampleThe books weighed a ton; Im so tired, I could sleep for years

Last ones for today, anywayImagery: An appeal to the five sensesExampleHer hair smelled like warm bread right before you bake it; the wet light enveloped his shaking bodyEuphemism: A nicer way to something with a negative connotationExampleFido has gone to be with the angels; She has a really nice personality

Lets assessQUIZ CHOICESOxymoronAlliterationSimileMetaphorOnomatopoeiaPersonificationHyperboleEuphemismAllusionAssigned groups: Period 5Jordyn, Marquette, CedricAntwan, Justice, Liam, AlecShyam, JJ, RichardCalariemar, Aaron, Rayshaod

Period 6Abdul, Cornelius, JohnDomenick, Nile, Dionte, FrancesMatt, Mashawn, Tiana, ShreyaXavier H., Jaz., Justice W., TaeshonNaeem, Bianca, Xavier W., SamuelTracy, Taeshon, Aeja, Irsal

Period 8Ryan, Jack, LuisBlake, Merly, IvanVictor, NylieAdam, Edward, ArianaRobert, SheldonDeven, Daniel, AlexSam, Jeff, Mekhi

Do now: Choose a type of diction from the list below. (Dont tell anyone which you chose!) In your journal, summarize your favorite movie using the type of diction you chose. Lets discuss! (*Notes)AcademicSlangSensualColorfulNeutralPlayfulOptimistic Morbid

ToneWhat kind of tone does this picture have? What helps to create that tone?(Hint: The clues in the picture that help create the tone are like the diction of a text.)

What contributes to tone?

What contributes to tone?

What contributes to tone?

What contributes to tone?

Lets talk themeRemember: There can be more than one theme in a textA theme must be a complete thoughtA theme is a universal truthWhat did the author want you (the reader) to learn about society or human nature from reading the text?

What is a theme from The Diaries of Adam and Eve?Identifying themesGroup work: Read the short story given to you.Discuss the story with your group and decide on the most important word.In the center circle on the poster paper, write the word you choose as the most important. In the same center circle, also write the words definition and a quote from the story in which the word is used.In the next circle out, draw 4 pictures that symbolize the meaning/significance to the word in relation to the story. Be sure to write a BRIEF explanation of your symbols.In the outside circle, write two THEMATIC statements, in which you identify two universal truths the author wanted you to learn about society or human nature from the text.Example

The 7 Deadly Sins

A little out of left field, butWhat are 3 things you know about the 1920s?Do Now: Read the last chapter of The Great Gatsby SILENTLY. (Brief discussion)Discussion of literary analysisAnalytical claim writing & practiceFinish working on your character analysis projects(Presentations will be Thursday)Using your projects, write an analysis answering the question: How does the character develop throughout the story and what events or ideas motivate that character development?Hints:-I will be using the Analysis Proficiency Scale to assess your understanding and help guide you toward a 4!-Remember, this is a character analysis, not an analysis of the book, overall.-Hopefully you have been discussing the characters and their motivations with your group to work on your projects. Now, just put it all on paper.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVfe6rdHRKI&list=RDLVfe6rdHRKIWhen preparing/writing a literary analysis, there are THREE questions to ask yourself:

What is the theme?How was it developed?And why was the story successful in developing that theme?

*For a character analysis, you are analyzing character motivations, as with your autopsies.Literature + Analysis =Literary Analysis1. Read the text and identify theme. Ask yourself, WHAT is the lesson being taught about society or humanity? (WHAT?)2. Identify the strategies and devices used. Ask yourself, HOW do those strategies/devices help develop the theme?(HOW?)3. Analyze the strategies/devices used and ask yourself, WHY were those strategies/devices successful? What was their role in the success of the story?(WHY?)

Can you be any more specific?The goal of a literary analysis is to articulate HOW and WHY the author writes, rather than WHAT he/she actually wrote. To do this, you will analyze the strategies and devices the author uses to achieve his or her goal of writing their piece. Keep in mind that writers of different disciplines often use varying writing strategies in order to achieve their goals. So, it is okay to analyze a scientific article a different way than you would a humanities piece. These authors have very different goals in mind, and thus will use different writing strategies.

Lets apply our knowledgeShes got an indiscreet voice, I remarked. Its full of I hesitated.

Her voice is full of money, he said suddenly.

That was it. Id never understood before. It was full of moneythat was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals song of it. . . . high in a white palace the kings daughter, the golden girl. . . .

*What strategies and/or devices are in this quote, which help to develop a theme of The Great Gatsby?Claim-writingSome templates:____________________s use of _______________, ____________________ and _____________________ helps to develop the theme _________________________ by ___________________________________. ****************************************************In his/her story _________________________, _______________________ uses ___________, ___________ and ___________________ to develop the theme of ______________________.

*Try to write a claim for the start of a literary analysis using The Great Gatsby.Have these claims in mind when were reading the next book as well as your independent reading choice. 26