A <\/span>literary analysis<\/span> <\/span>is an essay that explains and interprets the author\u2019s intentions in a piece of literature, along with its literary elements. The primary purpose of such an essay is to develop and express a complete understanding and a deep appreciation of a piece of literature. Sometimes, as in this Writing Project, you might be asked to analyze two or more texts to compare their treatment of a particular literary aspect. In that case, you would have a greater understanding and appreciation of two or more texts.<\/font><\/p>\n A literary analysis is an <\/span>explanatory<\/span> <\/span>text. Explanatory texts have a specific purpose and audience.<\/font><\/p>\n A literary analysis closely examines the elements of a literary text. A literary analysis<\/font><\/p>\n Literary analyses can be short or long, but typically they include these characteristics:<\/font><\/p>\n Analysis writers should use a formal and academic style and voice. The tone should be <\/span>objective<\/em>\u2014free of opinions or overly emotional language. In addition, <\/span><\/em>the ideas in an analysis should be logical and supported by evidence from a work of literature.<\/font><\/p>\n A literary analysis has some similarities to a research project. However, to write a literary analysis, you will not need to do research beyond the text itself. The evidence you will use to support your analysis will come from the text. Your evidence will be made up of quotations from the text\u2014from single words to entire sentences. Evidence may also be <\/span>paraphrases<\/span>, or details from the text rewritten in your own words. You may also summarize parts of the text as evidence for your analysis.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/h3>\n A literary analysis is not just a summary of a text. It must explain <\/span>how<\/em> <\/span>or <\/span>why<\/em> <\/span>a piece of literature works the way it does. An analysis looks more deeply into the meanings of the work. To <\/span>analyze <\/span><\/span>a text is to break it down into its smaller parts in order to understand the meaning of the whole.<\/font><\/p>\n A literary analysis is also not a review that evaluates whether something is good, bad, recommended, or not recommended (though some reviews include some analysis). The essay may include your response and opinion, but it must explain <\/span>how<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>why<\/em> <\/span>you respond that way.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the prompt for this Writing Project: Prompt: \u201cThe Tell-Tale Heart\u201d by Edgar Allan Poe and \u201cThe Yellow Wallpaper\u201d by Charlotte Perkins Gilman feature main characters who narrate their own stories. Write a literary analysis that compares or contrasts the two main characters. Describe two to three ways the characters are alike or different. Make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9530"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9530"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n