LO3 Analyzing Literature Assessment (GRADED A+)

LO3 Analyzing Literature Assessment (GRADED A+) Analyzing Literature Assessment THIS IS WHAT YOU SUBMIT FOR A GRADE FOR 1.03 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: Plan 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. Thesis Statement My Thesis: Kazuko Ishiguro creates a solemn and sentimental mood in “A Family Supper” with his sorrowful diction and setting. Body Paragraph: I. Reason #1 A. Direct Quote #1 to Support Reason 1. Paraphrase this Evidence B. Connection to Thesis 1. Elaborate on Connection C. Direct Quote #2 to Support Reason 1. Paraphrase this Evidence D. Connection to Thesis 1. Elaborate on Connection E. Concluding Statement that Restates Language from Thesis I. The author created a sentimental mood mood to show his feelings about having to come home after the death of his mother and how the family feels after him being gone for so long. A. “Despite our difference in years, my sister and I had always been close. Seeing me again seem to make her excessively excited and for a while she did nothing but giggle nervously.” 1. The two characters have a close connection. B. He doesn’t speak to his father much. 1. Since they are siblings and grew up together, they’re trying to reconnect like they once did. C. “’Do you remember’, she said, as I came up walking to her, ‘how you used to say this well was haunted?’” 1. They were looking at the well as they reminisced. D. The boy and his sister were looking back at all the childhood memories they once shared. E. All in all, the author creates a sentimental mood through the relationship between brother and sister.