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English 20-1
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
TEXT
 Initially
 Character
 Look for points about the character himself. DO NOT FALL INTO SUMMARIZING THE
PLOT. These should be points about
 personality
 desires
 ability
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 Conflict External
 Discuss the external conflict that can be seen throughout the piece
 Does the character change because of this conflict? How?
 Conflict Internal
 Discuss the internal conflict that happens throughout the piece
 How is it represented?
 Does the character change because of this conflict? How?
 Consequently
 Outcome
 Detail the change that happened throughout the piece
 How does this affect the character/theme/plot
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
TECHNIQUE
 Technique elements; motifs, literary devices and structure
 Here you want to detail each of these technique elements that you have
found within the work
 You are looking for things such as the following
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allusion
theme
juxtaposition
irony
motifs
metaphor
flashbacks
 You should include direct evidence from the text to back up your ideas
 You should detail how this element affects the story
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS
 You must create a list of all of the important quotations you
find within the work
 Your quotations should be describing and detailing dif ferent
elements, characterization and/or important thematic events
 With each of your quotations, you must include
 Page number
 The importance of the quotation to the story
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
THEME
 Here you must take the topic you have been given ( Discuss the
idea developed by Sylvia Plath in “Initiation” about the
development of identity) and write a THEME PARAGRAPH
 Your theme paragraph should include your theme statement
 Through the theme paragraph, you will be exploring the
theme, conflict and characterization
CRITICAL ANALY TICAL RESPONSE
 General statement about the world, relating
to the topic
 Moving to be more specific to text
 Transition to text
 Theme statement
- State the idea
- Give an example from the text
- Explain the relevance of the example to the idea and
topic