Critical Reading and Writing About Literature (LSH 9-17, 91-99)

Things We Do:
Terms to Know:
  • explanation
  • interpretation
  • analysis
  • explication
  • evaluation
  • comparison
  • theme
  • imagery
  • persona
  • (omniscient) narrator
  • character
  • protagonist
  • plot
  • climax
  • dénouement
  • setting
  • atmosphere
  • symbol

Homework Questions:
Reading Strategies:
9-10:

10-14:

14-15:

Literary Analysis:

91-92:

94:

Other Homework Questions:

Reading Strategies:
15-17:

Literary Analysis:
92:

93:

93-94:

94:


Other Discussion Questions (from The Harbrace Handbook, Ch. 41)
614:
622:
623:
624:
625:
626: