Unit 6 Lesson 7: Literary Analysis Draft

Welcome! Complete this worksheet for up to 100% credit on your Unit 6 Lesson 7 Literary Analysis Draft assignment.Literary analysis means to look closely at a piece of text (or more!) and figure out how the author creates meaning. This means we'll be thinking of a text's meaning and also looking at little chunks of the text to figure out where that meaning is made.Let's get started! Your Name Literary Analysis Terms Match the terminology with the correct explanation. speaker In poetry, the _ is the "voice" that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction. The speaker is not necessarily the poet. theme The _ is the underlying message about life or human nature that the writer want the reader to understand. mood _ is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader through the use of imagery and descriptive words. imagery _ is language and description that appeals to our five sense. character A person who undergoes a change, often an inner change, in a story. Read through "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson"(Traditional European, retold by Leo Tolstoy) The grandfather had become very old. His legs would not carry him, his eyes could not see, his ears could not hear, and he was toothless. When he ate, bits of food sometimes dropped out of his mouth. His son and his son’s wife no longer allowed him to eat with them at the table. He had to eat his meals in the corner near the stove.One day they gave him his food in a bowl. He tried to move the bowl closer; it fell to the floor and broke. His daughter-in-law scolded him. She told him that he spoiled everything in the house and broke their dishes, and she said that from now on he would get his food in a wooden dish. The old man sighed and said nothing.A few days later, the old man’s son and his wife were sitting in their hut, resting and watching their little boy playing on the floor. They saw him putting together something out of small pieces of wood. His father asked him, “What are you making, Misha?”The little grandson said, “I’m making a wooden bucket. When you and Mama get old, I’ll feed you out of this wooden dish.”The young peasant and his wife looked at each other and tears filled their eyes. They were ashamed because they had treated the old grandfather so meanly, and from that day they again let the old man eat with them at the table and took better care of him. Abuelito WhoSandra Cisneros (Abuelito is Spanish for granddaddy) Abuelito who throws coins like rainand asks who loves himwho is dough and featherswho is a watch and glass of waterwhose hair is made of furis too sad to come downstairs todaywho tells me in Spanish you are my diamondwho tells me in English you are my skywhose little eyes are stringcan’t come out to playsleeps in his little room all night and daywho used to laugh like the letter kis sickis a doorknob tied to a sour stickis tired shut the doordoesn’t live here anymoreis hiding underneath the bedwho talks to me inside my headis blankets and spoons and big brown shoeswho snores up and down up and down up and down againis the rain on the roof that falls like coinsasking who loves himwho loves him who? Which of the following best summarizes a theme of both "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson" and "Abuelito Who"? Anyone may become old and sick. It is important to show respect to all people. Older people use coins and wooden bowls. Children rarely understand older people. What is used to develop the theme in "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson"? rhythm imagery character Select two pieces of evidence from "The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson" that best supports your answer to the above question and the theme. "His father asked him, "What are you making, Misha?"(line 15) "The little grandson said, "I'm making a wooden bucket."(line 16) "His son and his son's wife no longer allowed him to eat with them at the table."(lines 4-5) "The young peasant and his wife looked at each other, and tears filled their eyes. They were ashamed...and took better care of him." (lines 18-21) "One day they gave him his food in a bowl."(line 7) "The young peasant and his wife looked at each other, and tears filled their eyes. They were ashamed...and took better care of him." (lines 18-21) What is used to develop the theme in "Abuelito Who"? imagery rhythm mood Select two pieces of evidence from "Abuelito Who" that best supports your answer to the above question and the theme. "Abuelito who throw coins like rain"(line 1) "who is dough and feathers"(line 3) "who snores up and down"(line 20) "is tired shut the door"(line 15) "who used to laugh like the letter k is sick"(lines 12-13) "Abuelito who throws coins like rain and asks who loves him"(lines 1-2) This is the heart ofliteraryanalysis-- examining how the author creates larger meaning using literary devices.You have now read “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” and “Abuelito Who”.Write a paragraph in which you analyze the similarities and differences (compare and contrast) in how the authors develop the theme in each text. Remember to use textual evidence from both texts to support your essay. [Suggested formatting:Thesis statement (EX: Both Tolstoy and Cisneros develop the theme of _ in their texts "_" and "_."Explain how the authors develop the theme in the same wayGive evidence from both how they do that (Give an example from the text)Explain how the authors develop the theme in different waysGive evidence from both how they do that (Give an example from the text)]