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Question 1: What is literary analysis? What's a theme? How does one write about literature?

• This topic addresses these questions by asking you to come up with a unified interpretation (a theme) of a text that shows a close reading of the text (literary analysis) and makes an argument that uses the text itself--along with logic and clear language--as evidence to support your interpretation of the story, poem or play.
• The primary goal is for you to understand the conventions and process for writing about literature. You'll learn the conventions by simply following the directions listed in the Conventions for Writing about Literature file. You'll learn the process by practice, by writing the first draft of Paper One, a focused interpretation of the story "The Handsomest Drowned Man in The World."