Check Your Understanding: Analysis

Review your analytical paragraph against this checklist:

• Does it make a specific claim (not just a summary)?
• Does it include a direct quotation from the text with a line reference?
• Does the commentary explain how the evidence supports the claim?
• Does it connect to a larger theme or cultural value?
• Is it 6-8 sentences long?

If you can check all five boxes, you're ready to write the full literary analysis assignment.