Summarize and Analyze

Read your selected work of literature (short story or play), and then carefully summarize and analyze it.

Note the difference between summary (what happens in the work) and analysis (what you think of the work), and be sure to clearly distinguish between summary (which should appear first) and analysis (which should appear second). The assignment should be a minimum of 500 words, although it may be longer if necessary.

In order to better summarize and analyze your chosen text, you may find it helpful to keep the four rhetorical elements (author, audience, topic, purpose) in mind when summarizing and analyzing.