Demonstrate Comprehension
Use this chart to review the selection. You may wish to highlight information in the text that will help you answer the questions. Then copy and paste it below, or write answers in your own words.
Chracters: Who are the main characters?
Setting: What is the setting?
Plot: What plot events happen in this excerpt?

Analyze the Selection
Use this chart to analyze the narrative techniques used.
Analyze Dialogue
Reflect: How does the author use dialogue to create suspense?
Copy & Paste: Find a piece of dialogue from the text that creates suspense. Then copy and paste it here.
Analyze Descrptions
Reflect: How does the author use descriptions to create suspense?
Copy & Paste: Find a detail or description from the text that creates suspense. Then copy and paste it here.
Analyze the Narrator’s Thoughts
Reflect: How does the author use the narrator’s thoughts to create a sense of suspense?
Word Choice Find an example of the narrator’s thinking that creates suspense. Then copy and paste it here.

Plan Your Literary Analysis
Use the chart below to plan your Literary Analysis. Then use your answers to help you write.
Paragraph 1: Introduce Your Topic
Main Idea: Write a focus statement explaining the main idea your analysis will explore.		What is your topic?
Hook: Determine how you’ll capture readers’ attention.		How will you hook your reader?
Paragraph 2: Develop Your Topic
Dialogue		What is the main idea you’d like to convey about dialogue?
		What examples can you give to develop this idea?
Descriptions		What is the main idea you’d like to convey about descriptions?
		What examples can you give to develop this idea?
Narrator’s Thoughts		What is the main idea you’d like to convey about the narrator’s thoughts?
		What examples can you give to develop this idea?