Main purpose for the introduction is threefold:

1. Engage the reader with a hook

2. Introduce the text to be analyzed or the topic and give background information

3. End with a thesis statement focusing on both form and content, (form + content) or (style + argument) Guidance for Thesis Development

THESIS DEVELOPMENT

When analyzing a text, you will want to examine both CONTENT and FORM and include the ideas in a well-crafted thesis.

• • Content/Theme:

    • WHAT is being communicated thematically in the literary text? WHAT is being communicated as an argument or main message in the expository or persuasive text?

  • Form/Technique:

    • HOW are the themes being communicated in the literary text? HOW is the argument or main message being communicated in the expository or persuasive text?

Structure TEMPLATE (Use this as a guide)

• In (Name of Work), (Full Name of Author) (uses, employs, relies, utilizes), (device/strategy/technique), and (FORM: device/strategy/technique) to ( show, reveal, emphasize, argue, reinforce, insist, point out) that (effect/purpose/theme).

• Structure TEMPLATE for Comparing and Contrasting Two TExts (Use this as a guide)

• In (Name of Work), (Full Name of Author) (uses, employs, utilizes), (device/strategy/technique), and (device/strategy/technique) to (show, reveal, emphasize, argue, insist, point out) that (effect/purpose/theme), while in (Name of Work), (Full Name of Author) (uses, employs, utilizes), (device/strategy/technique), and (device/strategy/technique) to (show, reveal, emphasize, argue, insist, point out) that (effect/purpose/theme).

• OR

• In (Name of Work) and (Name of Work), both (Full Name of First Author) and (Full Name of Second Author) (use, employ, utilize, rely on) (device/strategy/technique) to (show, reveal, emphasize, argue, insist, point out) that (effect/purpose/theme)

Thesis

Develop a thesis for literary analysis

• Owl Purdue on Writing a Thesis for Fiction

Template

ONE WORK: Writing your thesis

In (Name of Work), (Full Name of Author) (uses, employs, relies, utilizes), (device/strategy/technique), and (device/strategy/technique) to (show, reveal, emphasize, argue, reinforce, insist, point out) that (effect/purpose/theme).

Possible Thesis Statements:

• In Swamplandia, by Karen Russel, the author uses a first person POV, an admiring tone, and kinesthetic word choice to depict the theme that people have different sides to them that various people see.

• Through the use of vivid imagery and an admirable tone, Karen Russell shows how a child can recognize the different roles that their parents can play