Warm-Up Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
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Warm-Up Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
Words to Know
Write the letter of the definition next to the matching word as you work through the lesson. You may use the glossary to help you.
analysis A. words that connect ideas together
B. proof or things that give reason for believing
C. relating to something in a meaningful way
D. examining the parts of something to see how they fit together
relevant
transitions
evidence
Lesson Goals
Writea compare-
and-contrast analysis.
Gather
.
Revise to add
and
.
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Lesson Question
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InstructionPart 1
Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
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The Writing Process
Drafting Revising
Using transitionsand details
Gathering
Purpose of Compare-Contrast Analysis
Compare-contrast compares and contrasts things in a text.
A compare-contrast analysis is written:
• to explain how two or more things are and different.
• to analyze why the differences or are important.
Gathering Evidence as a Prewriting Strategy
To gather :
• Reread texts to find details about your topic.
• Look for details about the characters.
• Look for details about the plot, time, and setting, or place where the stories occur.
• Note details that will help you compare, contrast, and analyze texts.
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Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
Gathering Evidence from Heart of a Samurai
Details about Manjiro:
• He to be a
samurai.
• He can’t because he was not
into a samurai
family.
• He was born a
son.
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“I guess you’ll never become a
samurai now, huh, Manjiro-chan?”
“Why not?” Manjiro asked.
“Even if we should get home, you
know very well you can’t be. You weren’t
born into a samurai family. You were born a
fisherman’s son and you will be a fisherman,
and any sons you have, they also will be
fishermen. That is the way it is; that is the
way it has always been; that is the way it will
always be.”
–Heart of a Samurai, Margi Preus
Underline the text in the passage that expresses Manjiro’s interest in becoming a samurai.
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Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
Gathering Evidence from Black Ships Before Troy
Details about Achilles:
• He must choose between his
and fighting.
• His culture
those who fight.
• He chooses to .
Underline the text in the passage that indicates that Achilles’s culture recognizes those who fight.
“If you bide here with me, you shall
live long and happy. If you go forth now with
the fighting men, you will make for yourself
a name that shall last while men tell stories
round the fire, even to the ending of the
world. But you will not live to see the first
gray hair in your beard, and you will come
home no more to your father’s hall.”
“Short life and long fame for me,”
said Achilles, fingering his sword.
–Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff
Comparing and Contrasting with a Table
Manjiro Both Achilles
hard have not afraid of death
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Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
InstructionPart 2
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The Writing Process
Prewriting Revising
Using transitionsand details
Gathering evidence
Transitioning from Prewriting to Drafting
Thesis Ideas and
The heroes in both Heart of a Samurai and Black Ships Before Troy . . .
In Heart of a Samurai, Manjiro . . .
In Black Ships Before Troy, Achilles . . .
Culture shapes both Manjiro and Achilles by . . .
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Planning a Point-by-Point Analysis
Introduction
Thesis: topic and your
Hero 1
about first hero
and text evidence
Hero 2Related ideas and text
about second hero
Both heroesIdeas and text evidence
both
Using Transitions to Write Clearly
Transitions sentences and paragraphs in a piece of writing.
Add Show Compare/
• finally
• lastly
• as a result
• in conclusion
• instead
• however
• yet
• but
• while
• after
• before
• during
• also
• again
• as well as
• in addition
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Analyzing a Hero
Look at a student’s draft of a body paragraph. The writer:
• explains who the
is.
• shares about the
character.
• includes details about the
character’s .
• uses transition words.
• with an idea
based on text evidence.
Manjiro is a 14 year-old Japanese
fisherman. He must look deep inside
himself when a storm blows him and five
other fishermen away from home. After
they crash-land on a rocky island, he has
a dream about being a hero, an honored
samurai warrior. However, in Manjiro’s
culture, it was not easy to be something
you weren’t born to be. He fights against
this by showing he has courage to face the
barbarians.
Underline the transition words in the passage.
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The Writing Process
Prewriting Drafting
Gathering evidence
Using
and details
Revising for Use of Details and Text Evidence
Revise to include supporting details and text evidence that
provide key information to back up a statement in an analysis.
Supporting details tell more
about a idea or topic.
Text evidence is the use of
from the text to
make a point.
• Example: Manjiro learns the barbarians’ language in order to communicate with them.
• Example: Achilles was brave and shows it as he faces his destiny as a warrior in the upcoming battle, knowing he may die.
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Revising to Add Transitions, Details, and Text Evidence
Revise to add , supporting details, and
to improve an analysis.
Underline the supporting details and text evidence in the passage.
In the end, Manjiro faced obstacles that showed him to be both fearful and brave. He was a very human and resourceful person. His culture was an obstacle preventing him from becoming a samurai. On the other hand, Odysseus helped remove Achilles’s obstacle. That was Thetis’s spell, and it prevented Achilles from claiming what his culture expected him to be and what he was born to be: a warrior. “This for me!” he exclaimed as he picked up a sword, ready to fight.
Manjiro faced obstacles that showed him to be both fearful and brave. He was a very human character. Achilles became what his culture expected him to be: a warrior.
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Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
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5 Using a Revision Checklist
Review your draft. Revise by asking yourself: Edit by asking yourself:
• Is my statement clear
and based on text evidence and my own ideas?
• Have I organized my essay to include point-by-point analysis?
• Do I have a strong introduction?
• Do I provide supporting details about the heroes and cultures from both texts?
• Do I have a strong conclusion?
• Do I use quotation marks and
other
correctly when I quote from the two texts?
• Do I use a style and tone appropriate to the format and audience?
• Do I use transitions to connect ideas?
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Summary Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters
Lesson Question
How can you use evidence to support your analysis of two characters in different texts?
Answer
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