Create two posts to be placed in the same forum thread on the discussion board. Note that the first post should be completed before you read the link about literary analysis, and the second post is your "response" to the first post after reading it.
Write the FIRST POST using a free writing technique to explain what you think literary analysis is.
Post your explanation to the discussion board by clicking on the title of this activity or through the Discussion Board main menu button on the left.
Read the following short explanation of literary analysis:Literary Analysis
Write the SECOND POST by responding to your original forum post, adjusting and adding to your views of literary analysis. As you do that, be sure to include anything originally left out. For example: What does the explanation say are the two "points of view" for literary analysis?
What are the two questions an analysis answers?
What are some of the tools that help the writer provide evidence for a point of view on a literary text?