Writing Resources:
Five Ways of Looking at a Thesis
Sample Papers:
As you read the following papers, consider what works well and what doesn’t. Consider the various components of a literary analysis paper: incorporation of textual evidence (both essays use small chunks rather than block quotes), analysis of textual evidence, topic and concluding sentences, transitions, the thesis, etc. How do the papers progress on the sentence level and on the paragraph level? What would you say are the strongest and weakest elements of each paper?
Explication of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 46″
Explication of Robert Graves’ “Counting the Beats”
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