Headrick, Paul 1957-
A Method for Writing Essays about Literature / Paul Headrick. - 3rd ed. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2017. - ix, 163 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Accompanied by pamphlet: The Nelson education guide to the MLA handbook, eigth edition.
English as a Second Language titles from Nelson Education have been sold in 2020. to the Top Hat publishing company.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"For many students, literary analysis essays are a mystery. First-year students commonly want to know such things as how their essays should begin, whether they must agree with what other critics have said, and whether they should include their personal responses. A Method for Writing Essays about Literature answers such questions. It provides clarity by explaining the literary analysis essay's purpose and by guiding students through its structures, using exercises, examples of essay components, and sample essays. The sample essays in Apendix 2 are a crucial component of the book. After completing each chapter of the book and answering some of the exercise questions, consider reviewing one of the essays and noting how it demonstrates the writing principles that the chapter explains. When you gain confidence, you should think about how the sample essays could be improved.
In literary studies, ideas matter, and there is an important connection between structure in an essay and analytical content - the essay's ideas. When you understand how to structure your essays, you will develop more effective analysis, and you will be more successful in your literary studies." (Introduction, p.viii)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: AUDIENCE AND THE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIENCE
THE AUDIENCE FOR THE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
Exercise Set 1.1 - Understanding Audience
CHAPTER 2: ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS
INITIAL ANALYSIS
ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS AND THEIR THREE COMPONENTS
Claims
Exercise Set 2.2 - Presenting Evidence
Analysis
COMMON PROBLEMS IN ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS
A Sample Analytical Paragraph
Exercise Set 2.3 - Understanding Analytical Paragraphs
Exercise Set 2.4 - Creating Analytical Paragraphs
INTEGRATING QUOTATIONS FROM LITERARY TEXTS
Guidelines for Integrating Quotations
Exercise Set 2..5 - Integrating Quotations
"FAREWELL DESIRES" - A POEM / Elise Partridge
CHAPTER 3: THEME
DEFINING THEME
DEBATING THEME
Debating with the Text: Agreeing and Disagreeing with Themes
Debating about Texts: Agreeing and Disagreeing about Themes
IDENTIFYING THEMES
Identifying Themes in Drama and Prose Fiction
Identifying Themes in Poetry
Identifying Complex Themes
A CHECKLIST FOR EFFECTIVE STATEMENTS OF THEME
Exercise Set 3.1 - Identifying Statements of Theme
CHAPTER 4: ARGUMENT STRUCTURE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOGICAL SEQUENCE AND A LIST
Sample Outlines
Exercise Set 4.1 - Understanding Introductory Paragraphs
Titles
Exercise Set 4.5 - Understanding Titles
CHAPTER 5: TYPES OF LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAYS
CLOSE READING
PASSAGE ANALYSIS ESSAYS
Introductions to Passage Analysis Essays
The Structure of Passage Analysis Essays
Working with Passage Analysis Essays
Exercises Set 5.2 - Understanding Comparative Literary Analysis Essays
LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAYS
Literary Analysis Research Essays Using Historical Sources
Working with Historical Sources
Exercises Set 5.4 - Understanding the Use of Historical Sources
APPENDIX 1: MLA FORMAT
THE APPEARANCE OF THE ESSAY
DOCUMENTATION: WORKS CITED LIST
Work Cited Entries: Print Sources
Work Cited Entries: Online Sources
DOCUMENTATION: IN-TEXT CITATIONS
FORMATTING QUOTATIONS
Short Quotations Long Quotations
Changing Quotations
APPENDIX 2: SAMPLE ESSAYS
1. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A SHORT STORY
2. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ON A POEM
3. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A PLAY
4. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A NOVEL
5. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A FILM
6. A PASSIVE ANALYSIS ESSAY
7. A COMPARATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
8. A LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAY USING CRITICAL SOURCES
9. A LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAY USING HISTORICAL SOURCES
APPENDIX 3: "THE YELLOW WALLPAPER"/ CHARLOTTE PERKINS (1860-1935)
APPENDIX 4: SELECTED EXERCISE ANSWERS APPENDIX 5: GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS
APPENDIX 6: STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS MARKING
ABBREVIATIONS
Works Cited
Index
9780176703431 (pbk) 0176703438 (paperback)
20159075831 can
20159075831 (AMICUS)000044142797
Criticism--Authorship.
Criticism--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Essay--Authorship.
Essay--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Essay--Authorship--Textbooks.
English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique.
Littérature--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc.
Critique--Art d'écrire.
Rapports--Rédaction.
Criticism--Authorship.
English language--Rhetoric.
Essay--Authorship.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Literature--Theory, etc.
Report writing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Textbooks.
PE1479 C7 H32 2017
808/.0668
A Method for Writing Essays about Literature / Paul Headrick. - 3rd ed. - Toronto : Nelson Education, 2017. - ix, 163 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Accompanied by pamphlet: The Nelson education guide to the MLA handbook, eigth edition.
English as a Second Language titles from Nelson Education have been sold in 2020. to the Top Hat publishing company.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"For many students, literary analysis essays are a mystery. First-year students commonly want to know such things as how their essays should begin, whether they must agree with what other critics have said, and whether they should include their personal responses. A Method for Writing Essays about Literature answers such questions. It provides clarity by explaining the literary analysis essay's purpose and by guiding students through its structures, using exercises, examples of essay components, and sample essays. The sample essays in Apendix 2 are a crucial component of the book. After completing each chapter of the book and answering some of the exercise questions, consider reviewing one of the essays and noting how it demonstrates the writing principles that the chapter explains. When you gain confidence, you should think about how the sample essays could be improved.
In literary studies, ideas matter, and there is an important connection between structure in an essay and analytical content - the essay's ideas. When you understand how to structure your essays, you will develop more effective analysis, and you will be more successful in your literary studies." (Introduction, p.viii)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: AUDIENCE AND THE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDIENCE
THE AUDIENCE FOR THE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
Exercise Set 1.1 - Understanding Audience
CHAPTER 2: ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS
INITIAL ANALYSIS
ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS AND THEIR THREE COMPONENTS
Claims
Exercise Set 2.2 - Presenting Evidence
Analysis
COMMON PROBLEMS IN ANALYTICAL PARAGRAPHS
A Sample Analytical Paragraph
Exercise Set 2.3 - Understanding Analytical Paragraphs
Exercise Set 2.4 - Creating Analytical Paragraphs
INTEGRATING QUOTATIONS FROM LITERARY TEXTS
Guidelines for Integrating Quotations
Exercise Set 2..5 - Integrating Quotations
"FAREWELL DESIRES" - A POEM / Elise Partridge
CHAPTER 3: THEME
DEFINING THEME
DEBATING THEME
Debating with the Text: Agreeing and Disagreeing with Themes
Debating about Texts: Agreeing and Disagreeing about Themes
IDENTIFYING THEMES
Identifying Themes in Drama and Prose Fiction
Identifying Themes in Poetry
Identifying Complex Themes
A CHECKLIST FOR EFFECTIVE STATEMENTS OF THEME
Exercise Set 3.1 - Identifying Statements of Theme
CHAPTER 4: ARGUMENT STRUCTURE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LOGICAL SEQUENCE AND A LIST
Sample Outlines
Exercise Set 4.1 - Understanding Introductory Paragraphs
Titles
Exercise Set 4.5 - Understanding Titles
CHAPTER 5: TYPES OF LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAYS
CLOSE READING
PASSAGE ANALYSIS ESSAYS
Introductions to Passage Analysis Essays
The Structure of Passage Analysis Essays
Working with Passage Analysis Essays
Exercises Set 5.2 - Understanding Comparative Literary Analysis Essays
LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAYS
Literary Analysis Research Essays Using Historical Sources
Working with Historical Sources
Exercises Set 5.4 - Understanding the Use of Historical Sources
APPENDIX 1: MLA FORMAT
THE APPEARANCE OF THE ESSAY
DOCUMENTATION: WORKS CITED LIST
Work Cited Entries: Print Sources
Work Cited Entries: Online Sources
DOCUMENTATION: IN-TEXT CITATIONS
FORMATTING QUOTATIONS
Short Quotations Long Quotations
Changing Quotations
APPENDIX 2: SAMPLE ESSAYS
1. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A SHORT STORY
2. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ON A POEM
3. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A PLAY
4. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A NOVEL
5. A LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY ON A FILM
6. A PASSIVE ANALYSIS ESSAY
7. A COMPARATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS ESSAY
8. A LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAY USING CRITICAL SOURCES
9. A LITERARY ANALYSIS RESEARCH ESSAY USING HISTORICAL SOURCES
APPENDIX 3: "THE YELLOW WALLPAPER"/ CHARLOTTE PERKINS (1860-1935)
APPENDIX 4: SELECTED EXERCISE ANSWERS APPENDIX 5: GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS
APPENDIX 6: STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS MARKING
ABBREVIATIONS
Works Cited
Index
9780176703431 (pbk) 0176703438 (paperback)
20159075831 can
20159075831 (AMICUS)000044142797
Criticism--Authorship.
Criticism--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Essay--Authorship.
Essay--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Essay--Authorship--Textbooks.
English language--Rhetoric--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
Anglais (Langue)--Rhétorique.
Littérature--Histoire et critique--Théorie, etc.
Critique--Art d'écrire.
Rapports--Rédaction.
Criticism--Authorship.
English language--Rhetoric.
Essay--Authorship.
Exposition (Rhetoric)
Literature--Theory, etc.
Report writing.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Textbooks.
PE1479 C7 H32 2017
808/.0668