Literature Paragraph

Literature Paragraph

Take a poem or other piece of literature from the weeks assignments and explain the meaning, importance, and interpretation of the piece. At a minimum, you should have at least 5-7 sentences in your paragraph.

To write the paragraph you should find outside sources about the work and author. Make sure to site these sources on your paper.

These can be turned in handwritten or printed by the next week in class.

Title or Subtitle should be:

The name of the work and the author

Should include several of the following:

Importance of the work

Cultural Context

Definitions of important terms or meanings of key phrases

Interpretation

Explanation of analogies or figurative language

Setting

Various facts, details and examples

Theme

Form

Must include:

Topic sentence

Thesis

Genre

Closing sentence

Source citations