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.



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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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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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 . . .



InstructionPart 2

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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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InstructionPart 2

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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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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?


Summary Writing an Analysis of Literary Characters

Lesson Question

How can you use evidence to support your analysis of two characters in different texts?

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