Write a literary analysis on the book heaven is for real. dont use contractions. and has to be written in third person English 11–Literary Analysis (Excerpts used from The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University) Learning Goals: Students will… Collect evidence to support a claim Create theories about the use of devices in the literature and author’s purpose Write a word essay – Evaluate evidence to determine which evidence provides the best support Interpret the meaning of readings Read on multiple levels Be able to write a literary analysis evaluating an aspect(s) of literature using the claim, evidence, explanation format Why analyze a text? To explain or give a close reading of the text To find meaning beneath the obvious meaning of the text To bring background to bear upon the text (for example, if you know something about the author, you can understand the text in a deeper way) To compare with other texts To place the text within a context )of the author’s life, for example, or the historical period in which the text was created, or of a certain literary or artistic movement) To use the text to prove a larger thesis (about a writer’s motivation, for instance themes that interested a certain group of writers at a certain time). ***When you analyze a text, you give it meaning beyond what the text tells you directly. What is analysis? A text can be summarized: that is, you can extract the main points of an argument or condense the plot of a story. When you analyze a text, you ask questions about it so that you can offer an interpretation of the text. Analysis is the breaking down of something into its component parts. When that something is a text, the reader is examining different aspects of the text. In a play, for example, the reader might look at the plot, the themes, the characters, the setting, and the dialogue. In a poem, the reader might look at theme, imagery, language (word choice), voice (who is speaking-the poet or someone else), rhythm and structure. Requirements: 2-3 page analysis of your text. Choose a theme, symbol, author’s purpose, text structures, passage structures, etc. 12 font, Times New Roman and double-space the analysis Follow the format of: claim, evidence, explanation all throughout the essay in order to defend your points. Include a clear Thesis that highlights your main points. Your body should have 3 clear points with 2 pieces of evidence for each point. Your conclusion must restate the Thesis and leave the reader with something to think about. You must use in-text citation. Remember, this is the author’s last name and page number inside parentheses. Ex. (Smith 42).

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