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How might writing about literature help one become a better creative writer? Which forms of literary analysis (structural/aesthetic, historical/cultural, ethical) do you think are most useful for a new writer learning the craft?

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LITERARY ANALYSIS - PARAGRAPH

CONSTRUCTION -- Chunked

Sample Paragraph using the Chunked Method of presenting and explaining the evidence:

Saki's use of irony in "The Lumber Room" helps convey his belief that "the older, wiser, and better people" are not always right. (1) Readers can immediately recognize the ironic tone of the narrative when at breakfast Nicholas insists there is a frog in this bread-and-milk, and the aunt assures Nicholas that this is not impossible (Saki 1). However, it turns out there is a frog in Nicholas' bread-and-milk -- and he put them himself (Saki 1). The narrator enforces the iconic tone of this situation when he observes "the older, wiser, and better people had been proved to be profoundly in error in matters about which they had expressed the utmost assurance" (Saki 1). We see another ironic twist when the strict aunt requests Nicholas to come into the place she forbade him from entering: the gooseberry garden. The aunt is trapped in a rain-water tank with no way to get out, so she must call Nicholas for help. Nicholas objects to helping her saying, "Your voice doesn't sound like aunt's... you may be the Evil One tempting me to be disobedient..." (Saki 3). He then walks away, and the maid is the one that rescues the aunt. This narrative shows  irony in that Nicolas..

From the sample body paragraph, which is an example of evidence?

A. Instead of Nicholas being punished, he is rewarded for his imaginative thinking...

B. Nicholas cleverly points out her contradiction and leaves her to fend for herself.

C. Nicholas objects to helping her saying "Your voice doesn't sound like aunt's..." (Saki 3).

 

    Benjamin Franklin

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1 - In the year 1716, or about that period, a boy used to be seen in the streets of Boston, who was known among his schoolfellows and playmates by the name of Ben Franklin. Ben was born in 1706; so that he was now about ten years old. His father, who had come over from England, was a soap-boiler and tallow-chandler, and resided in Milk Street, not far from the Old South Church.
 
2 - Ben was a bright boy at his book, and even a brighter one when at play with his comrades. He had some remarkable qualities which always seemed to give him the lead, whether at sport or in more serious matters. I might tell you a number of amusing anecdotes about him. You are acquainted, I suppose, with his famous story of the WHISTLE, and how he bought it with a whole pocketful of coppers, and afterwards repented of his bargain. But Ben had grown a great boy since those days, and had gained wisdom by experience; for it was one of his peculiarities, that no incident ever happened to him without teaching him some valuable lesson. Thus he generally profited more by his misfortunes, than many people do by the most favorable events that could befall them.
 
Which line from Section 2 reveal Hawthorne's informal, fatherly tone in this story?
A. Ben was a bright boy at his book.
B. Thus he generally profited more by his misfortunes.
C. I might tell you a number of amusing anecdotes about him.

                    Benjamin Franklin

                 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1 - In the year 1716, or about that period, a boy used to be seen in the streets of Boston who was known among his schoolfellows and playmates by the name of Ben Franklin. Ben was born in 1706; so that he was now about ten years old. His father, who had come over from England, was a soap-boiler and tallow-chandler, and resided in Milk Street, not far from the Old South Church.
 
2 - Ben was a bright boy at his book, and even a brighter one when at play with his comrades. He had some remarkable qualities which always seemed to give him the lead, whether at sport or in more serious matters. I might tell you a number of amusing anecdotes about him. You are acquainted, I suppose, with his famous story of the WHISTLE, and how he bought it with a whole pocketful of coppers, and afterwards repented of his bargain. But Ben had grown a great boy since those days, and had gained wisdom by experience; for it was one of his peculiarities, that no incident ever happened to him without teaching him some valuable lesson. Thus he generally profited more by his misfortunes, than many people do by the most favorable events that could befall them.
 
 
What is Hawthorne's purpose in the following passage from his biography of Franklin?
 
Sec. 2: I might tell you a number of amusing anecdotes about him.
A. Hawthorne is preparing to give us a list of Franklin's ancestors.
B. Hawthorne is sharing his own philosophical thoughts about the deep meanings of life.
C. Hawthorne is helping his readers relate to Franklin as a boy by telling "amusing" stories about him.

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