Analysis Text Writing Techniques

The narrator directly tells the reader about a character's traits and appearance.

The reader learns about a character's traits by observing their actions, speech, thoughts, and interactions.

Studying a character to understand their personality, motivations, and role in a story.

Qualities or characteristics that describe a character's personality.

A method for writing character analysis that uses Point, Evidence, and Analysis to support claims.

A character's role or purpose in the story, including their interactions and conflicts with other characters or plot.

The connections between a character and other characters in the story.

Creating charts or lists to organize details about characters, such as traits and relationships.

A structured approach to understanding characters in a literary work by examining their actions, language, and presentations. It includes observation, supporting evidence and detailed conclusions.

Examining how language, including verbs, comments, and body language, reveals character traits, and motivations in a literary work.

Specific lines, passages, or actions from the literary text used to back up conclusions about a character's nature and traits.

The summary of a character's overall picture of nature, behavior, and traits, based on the evidence in a literary work.

Organize your analysis logically, either chronologically or by specific elements of the text.

Identify the type of text (e.g., prose, poetry, non-fiction) and understand its unique characteristics.

Analyze and describe the effect of literary techniques like imagery or figurative language on the reader.

Maintain present tense in your analysis.

Clearly state the core message or central issue addressed in the text.

How a character changes or grows throughout a story.

Techniques used to describe characters, including direct and indirect methods.

Details from the text supporting character descriptions.

Systematically recording information about characters for analysis.

Words or phrases used to connect ideas and add information.

Words or phrases used to conclude or condense ideas.

Words or phrases used to show differences between ideas.

Words or phrases used to show the results or consequences of prior ideas.

Words or phrases used to show similarities or differences between ideas.

Words or phrases used to provide examples to support ideas .

Phrases that introduce the argument/point of view.

Phrases that acknowledge opposing viewpoints

Words like 'and,' 'but,' 'or,' 'yet,' and 'so' connect two independent clauses (complete thoughts).

Words like 'because,' 'when,' 'although,' and 'if' join a main clause to a dependent clause (a thought that isn't complete on its own).

These clauses explain why something happened using words like 'because,' 'since,' or 'as'.

Words like 'finally,' 'in fact,' 'however,' that connect ideas between sentences or parts of sentences.

A complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence.

Using different sentence structures and lengths to make writing more interesting and engaging for the reader.

Writing that uses the same sentence structure repeatedly, making it dull and boring to read.

Words or phrases that join sentences or clauses, creating a smooth flow and connection between ideas.

Words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, adding detail and emphasis to sentences.

Using vivid words and phrases to create a clear and engaging picture in the reader's mind.

Taking an ordinary piece of writing and making it more engaging by using varied sentence structures, descriptive language, and stronger vocabulary.

To make a text more interesting and effective by adding variety, detail, and clarity.

Varying sentence structure helps keep the reader interested and prevents the writing from becoming boring or repetitive.

Using the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks, and citing the line number(s).

Summarizing or paraphrasing the author's ideas from a source, while still crediting the source by citing the line numbers.

Using quotes to support a point about a text's theme, style, or argument.

Reference to the specific lines where a quotation or idea is found in the source text.

Giving credit to the author(s) by specifying the source—line number and text.

Restating ideas or information in your own words, while still making reference to the source.

Using too many quotations in your writing, which can weaken your argument and decrease clarity.

Used to enclose direct quotations.

Complete information about a source of data, sufficient for citing/referencing accurately—author, title, date, publisher, etc.

The people who will read or listen to your writing.

The reason why you are writing, what you want your readers to understand or do.

The information, ideas, and facts you include in your writing.

The way you write, including word choice, sentence structure, and tone.

Generating ideas quickly by writing down anything that comes to mind.

Organizing ideas visually by connecting them in a network.

The main idea of a paragraph, stated in one sentence.

The final statement in a text that summarizes the main points and leaves a lasting impression.

Understanding a text thoroughly by analyzing its content, language, style, and meaning.

Understanding and summarizing the main points and information presented in a text.

Examining the text's structure, language, style, and techniques to understand how they contribute to its meaning.

Forming a personal opinion about the text's effectiveness, meaning, and impact.

Explaining the meaning of specific expressions and text parts, sometimes involving translation into another language.

A structured approach to answering exam questions, including an introduction, main body, and conclusion.

Combining clarity, organization, and style to convey your ideas clearly and persuasively.

Reviewing and refining your work to ensure clarity, accuracy, and presentation.