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Analysis Writing (SAR)

Analysis Writing (SAR). What does it mean to analyze?. Why do we have to do it?. Short Answer Response:. You need to know how to develop short-answer responses for several reasons:

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Analysis Writing (SAR)

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  1. Analysis Writing (SAR)

  2. What does it mean to analyze? Why do we have to do it?

  3. Short Answer Response: • You need to know how to develop short-answer responses for several reasons: • It introduces you to analysis writing, which you will be doing through your 4 years of high school (and into college). • STAAR expects students to respond to reading prompts in this format. • Most importantly, in my opinion, they are well-developed body paragraphs. Well-developed body paragraphs will be necessary for all your essay writing in any English class.

  4. Some terms you need to know… Thesis statement Topic Statement (Sentence) Answer Statement (Sentence) What is the difference? Text Evidence/Support Transitional Sentence Rephrased Topic Sentence “quote” SAR = Short Answer Response

  5. Getting started… Here is an example of a writing prompt that asks you to analysis a piece of literature and then respond in a short-answer response. Writing Prompt: In the short story“The Night I Won the Right to the Streets of Memphis”, how does author’s craft impact the piece? The first step is to figure out what the prompt is asking you to prove. (Be aware that you need to create an answer statement that you can support with textual evidence.)

  6. To build an answer statement (the 1st sentence in your response) that offers analysis, you need to include three things: What? How?? To What Effect??? “What”: What is being discussed? What piece, or area of a piece, are you focusing on? “How”: What “tool” is the author using to create the lasting effect you are experiencing? (We have only touched on a few tools so far…there are many more and you will continue to learn them throughout the year). “To What Effect”: What enduring effect has the piece had on you? For some of you, working backwards might make this process a bit easier.

  7. Writing Prompt: In the short story “The Night I Won the Right to the Streets of Memphis”, how does author’s craft impact the piece? Example: In the short story, Wright uses ___(“tool”)___ to show the desperation the narrator feels at the start of the final fight scene. What??? How??? To What Effect??? Remember that you need to create an answer statement you can support with textual evidence.

  8. Writing Prompt: In the short story “The Night I Won the Right to the Streets of Memphis”, how does author’s craft impact the piece? Example: In the short story, Wright uses imagery to show the desperation the narrator feels at the start of the final fight scene. Now, you create an answer statement. What?? How?? To What Effect?? For some of you, working backwards might make this process a bit easier.

  9. What do you need for a successful short-answer response? Answer Statement: This will be the first sentence of your response. In this first sentence, you should directly answer the writing prompt by using our “what”, “how”, and “to what effect” approach. Remember, you do not have to write your statement in that exact order. Text:These are the quotes you plan to use to support the claim/assertion you have introduced in your answer statement. You need at least two and they need to be imbedded, not floating. Analysis: For each section of text you choose to use for your support, you must now explain (using the depth of analysis, not summary) how that particular bit of text helps prove the claim/assertion you stated in your first sentence. Rephrased Answer Statement: This last sentence needs to bring closure to your short-answer response. Take the main idea of your answer statement (first sentence) and revise for the sentence to be successful.

  10. Writing Prompt: In the short story “The Night I Won the Right to the Streets of Memphis”, how does author’s craft impact the piece? In the short story, Wright uses imagery to show the desperation the narrator feels at the start of the final fight scene. The scene begins with visual imagery by stating, “They closed in.” This statement communicates how trapped the narrator appears to be. The following sentence, “in blind fear,” uses kinesthetic imagery to illustrate how out-of-control the narrator feels when he attacks the boys. By beginning this final scene with imagery, Wright creates a scene where the reader is able to image the narrator’s feelings of desperation as he tries to protect himself.

  11. Writing Prompt: In the short story “The Night I Won the Right to the Streets of Memphis”, how does author’s craft impact the piece? In the short story, Wright uses imageryto show the desperation the narrator feels at the start of the final fight scene. The scene begins with visual imagery by stating, “They closed in.” This statement communicates how trapped the narrator appears to be. The following sentence, “in blind fear,” uses kinesthetic imagery to illustrate how out-of-control the narrator feels when he attacks the boys. By beginning this final scene with imagery, Wright creates a scene where the reader is able to image the narrator’s feelings of desperation as he tries to protect himself.

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