Analysis
TAGS: Language, Literature, Reading, Writing
Exploring the analysis of writing and written works. The process of analyzing writing is easy:
- Read the work.
- Ask yourself if you liked it.
- Ask yourself why you liked it.
- Repeat as necessary.
That's all there is really. It can all be done in your head.
However, there is always greater depth --especially if you want to talk or write to others about writing. In this section I shall try to go over some of the tools and vocabulary used in analyzing writing.
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Plot
- Establish pace
- Develop character
- Develop concept
- Humor
- No plot, just mood
- Character
- Setting
- Point of View
- Symbolism (Metaphor, Allegory)
- Theme
- Style
- Tone
- Satire. Exaggerating folly.
- Irony. Expressing the opposite of a thought.
- Suspense
- Word Choice
- Word Order
- Images
- Sounds
- Patterns and Rhythm
- Figures of Speech
- Traditional Poetic Forms
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Length of Writing
- Articles, Short Stories
- Serials
- Reports, Novellas
- Books, Novels
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Types of Writing
- Non-fiction
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Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Westerns
- Romance
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
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Drama
- Greek
- Neoclassical
- Modern
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Plays
- Screenplays
- Teleplays
- kairosis is fulfillment in time; "as catharsis is to the dramatic, so kenosis is to the lyric, so kairosis is to the epic/novel.". [W ]
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