Wednesday, January 14, 2009

How To Write A Literary Analysis Essay


The purpose of a literary analysis essay is to carefully examine and sometimes evaluate a work of literature or an aspect of a work of literature. As with any analysis, this requires you to break the subject down into its component parts. Examining the different elements of a piece of literature is not an end in itself but rather a process to help you better appreciate and understand the work of literature as a whole. For instance, an analysis of a poem might deal with the different types of images in a poem or with the relationship between the form and content of the work.

If you were to analyze (discuss and explain) a play, you might analyze the relationship between a subplot and the main plot, or you might analyze the character flaw of the tragic hero by tracing how it is revealed through the acts of the play. Analyzing a short story might include identifying a particular theme (like the difficult of making the transition from adolescence to adulthood) and showing how the writer suggests that theme through the point of view from which which the story is told; or you might also explain how the main character’s attitude toward women is revealed through his dialogue and/or actions.

Writing is the sharpened focused expression of thought and study. As you develop your writing skill, you will also improve your perceptions and increase your critical abilities. Writing ultimately boils down to the development of an idea. Your objective in writing a literary analysis essay is to convince the person reading your essay that you have supported the idea you are developing. Unlike ordinary conversation and classroom discussion, writing must stick with great determination to the specific point of development. This kind of writing demands tight organization and control. Therefore, your essay must have a central idea (thesis), it must have several paragraphs that grow systematically out of the central idea, and everything in it must be directly related to the central idea and must contribute to the reader’s understanding of that central idea.

**Good Luck**

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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Tips How To Be A Good Teacher

First of all you need to have a good command of your subject, and be able to know it inside and out. Being able to teach something to someone is hard enough, but if you have to think about what is being taught while you teach it, you will not be teaching it effectively. A teacher that can go on and on for hours without interruption is the one that is going to be the most effective. This is because the material will be taught more dynamically, and with more enthusiasm. You need to have a passion for teaching. Teaching kids is not going to be an easy task, and getting through to those who don't understand, or don't care can be a problem. How are you going to react when you feel like the entire room just wants to fall asleep?

Are you going to just keep droning on, or are you going to liven up the lesson so that your kids can really feel what it is that you are teaching them? Also, if you are going to teaching the same material every single year, you are going to need to be able to teach it like it is the first time you have ever taught it each year. It could get old, but to the kids it is the first time they have heard of what you are saying. Along with a passion for teaching, you need to care about each of your students. Nobody is too dumb to be left behind, or not taught all the material.

A teacher has to be able to get in there and make sure that everyone learns the material, and not just leave it to the smart ones to learn, and the rest to just fail all the tests, and not get the material. To be a good teacher you need to be able to connect to your students, and be able to instill the same passion in them that you have for the material. You need to be able to convey what it is that you are saying, so that they will understand. Teaching is sort of like writing, where you have to take material that you know a lot about, and break it down into pieces that everyone can understand. If you can do that, you will make a great teacher.