Analyzing Literature Assessment
Step 1: Review the prompt.
Layers of meaning exist in all works of literary fiction. Consider the ways the author of your selected
short story used style and literary elements, like plot, diction, syntax, figurative language, character,
conflict, and setting. Compose an essay in which you analyze and explain how the author's style and
employment of literary elements create a particular mood in the text.
Step 2: Review your short story and your graphic organizer.
Step 3: Outline your essay using the chart below. Begin with your thesis statement, and then fill out the
outline based on your thesis. You may or may not use each section, but provide as much information as
possible in the planning stage.
Remember: outlines are not written in paragraph form. You are only outlining the literary analysis, not
writing the entire essay. You will write the essay in a later module.
Short Story The short story I selected is
“what have i been doing lately” -Jamaica Kincaid
Thesis Statement My Thesis: The story “ what have i been doing lately” is a
symbolic powerful story. Using repetition and imagery and a soft
yet chilling tone and mood.This story is bringing an awareness to
the cycle of depression or derealization.
Body Paragraph: In the story the line “the hole was deep and dark and I couldn’t see the
I. Reason #1 bottom. I thought, What’s down there?, so on purpose I fell in. I fell and I fell, over
and over,as if i were an old suitcase” When the author wrote this I felt she was
A. Direct Quote #1 to Support Reason
trying to convey that no matter the issue or problem, emotional or physical,
1. Paraphrase this Evidence you can fall down a hole. The use of this metaphor can connect a real life
B. Connection to Thesis issue to the metaphor of falling down a hole. The author continues to
1. Elaborate on Connection resolve this issue with the following metaphor “ As I fell I began to see that I
C. Direct Quote #2 to Support Reason didn’t like the way falling made me feel. Falling made me feel sick and I
1. Paraphrase this Evidence missed all the people I had loved. I said, I don’t want to fall anymore, and I
reversed myself. I was standing again on the edge of the deep hole. I looked
D. Connection to Thesis
at the deep hole and I said, "You can close up now, " and it did. The use of
1. Elaborate on Connection the phrase “ i missed all the people I loved” meant that because she was in
E. Concluding Statement that a dark place she never connected with her family and friends. When she
Restates Language from Thesis said “I reversed….you can close up now and it did” Shows that when you
are ready to leave a dark place it can stop and it's possible for things to end.
Body Paragraph: Throughout the story it repeats itself and it restarts with the line
II. Reason #2 “i I was lying in bed and the doorbell rang” and it restarts the story
A. Direct Quote #1 to Support Reason but it always stays somewhat similar that she was on a walk going
1. Paraphrase this Evidence north and runs into these different situations that are scary or give
B. Connection to Thesis off the tone and mood that she is uncomfortable and uneasy, but
1. Elaborate on Connection then as it goes on she just tells it to stop and it does. This shows that
C. Direct Quote #2 to Support Reason when she gets into these scary and uncomfortable situations when
1. Paraphrase this Evidence she recollects herself she tells it to stop and it does and she, in a
D. Connection to Thesis way, comes back to reality.
1. Elaborate on Connection
E. Concluding Statement that
Restates Language from Thesis
Analyzing Literature Rubric
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Step 1: Review the prompt.
Layers of meaning exist in all works of literary fiction. Consider the ways the author of your selected
short story used style and literary elements, like plot, diction, syntax, figurative language, character,
conflict, and setting. Compose an essay in which you analyze and explain how the author's style and
employment of literary elements create a particular mood in the text.
Step 2: Review your short story and your graphic organizer.
Step 3: Outline your essay using the chart below. Begin with your thesis statement, and then fill out the
outline based on your thesis. You may or may not use each section, but provide as much information as
possible in the planning stage.
Remember: outlines are not written in paragraph form. You are only outlining the literary analysis, not
writing the entire essay. You will write the essay in a later module.
Short Story The short story I selected is
“what have i been doing lately” -Jamaica Kincaid
Thesis Statement My Thesis: The story “ what have i been doing lately” is a
symbolic powerful story. Using repetition and imagery and a soft
yet chilling tone and mood.This story is bringing an awareness to
the cycle of depression or derealization.
Body Paragraph: In the story the line “the hole was deep and dark and I couldn’t see the
I. Reason #1 bottom. I thought, What’s down there?, so on purpose I fell in. I fell and I fell, over
and over,as if i were an old suitcase” When the author wrote this I felt she was
A. Direct Quote #1 to Support Reason
trying to convey that no matter the issue or problem, emotional or physical,
1. Paraphrase this Evidence you can fall down a hole. The use of this metaphor can connect a real life
B. Connection to Thesis issue to the metaphor of falling down a hole. The author continues to
1. Elaborate on Connection resolve this issue with the following metaphor “ As I fell I began to see that I
C. Direct Quote #2 to Support Reason didn’t like the way falling made me feel. Falling made me feel sick and I
1. Paraphrase this Evidence missed all the people I had loved. I said, I don’t want to fall anymore, and I
reversed myself. I was standing again on the edge of the deep hole. I looked
D. Connection to Thesis
at the deep hole and I said, "You can close up now, " and it did. The use of
1. Elaborate on Connection the phrase “ i missed all the people I loved” meant that because she was in
E. Concluding Statement that a dark place she never connected with her family and friends. When she
Restates Language from Thesis said “I reversed….you can close up now and it did” Shows that when you
are ready to leave a dark place it can stop and it's possible for things to end.
Body Paragraph: Throughout the story it repeats itself and it restarts with the line
II. Reason #2 “i I was lying in bed and the doorbell rang” and it restarts the story
A. Direct Quote #1 to Support Reason but it always stays somewhat similar that she was on a walk going
1. Paraphrase this Evidence north and runs into these different situations that are scary or give
B. Connection to Thesis off the tone and mood that she is uncomfortable and uneasy, but
1. Elaborate on Connection then as it goes on she just tells it to stop and it does. This shows that
C. Direct Quote #2 to Support Reason when she gets into these scary and uncomfortable situations when
1. Paraphrase this Evidence she recollects herself she tells it to stop and it does and she, in a
D. Connection to Thesis way, comes back to reality.
1. Elaborate on Connection
E. Concluding Statement that
Restates Language from Thesis
Analyzing Literature Rubric
Unless Otherwise Noted All Content © 2022 Florida Virtual School. FlexPoint Education Cloud™ is a
trademark of Florida Virtual School.
This study source was downloaded by 100000904091158 from CourseHero.com on 03-01-2026 03:11:31 GMT -06:00
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