Passage Analysis Honors 9:

Scarlet Letter Passage analysis

(Obviously, a different book, but shows you the format)

• divide by scene, plot point
• show what's important, what it might mean
• AQ: "What happens in this section?"===> "How is this section important to the book as a whole? What does it show us?"

Consider: characters, conflict, or "where plot is going" /foreshadowing, Motive: "why does character doing stuff?"; satire/irony/humor: Twain poking fun at something/ Setting/history/sense of the time?

Remember that unlike the Mice and Men essays, you don't have to "prove " a single consistent point, so each paragraph doesn't need to cohere as tightly as our last assignments. Instead, think of this as a chance to share all your observations of whatever is most interesting to you and clearly tell us what it might be doing there!