Recently, for one of My Big Helper’s book club events, I asked the girls to bring their favorite quote from the book. I had a craft project planned out and expected to see the girls each bring a quote or two; boy, did they surprise me!
Especially My Big Helper. Not knowing what the quote was needed for, but knowing that I might have some sort of creative purpose in mind, she had filled a stack of notecards with all kinds of quotes from the book. A few of the ones she picked out are rather famous as coming from that book, but many were not, and she was eager to share them with me and to explain her reason for choosing each one.
That made me think: what if we searched novels, as we were reading them, for specific things? What if we were looking for a specific literary device or writing element as we were reading? Often, during our read-alouds, I’ll stop and ask the kids questions about a specific thing that we just heard; but what if we did this with more intention – with the purpose of analyzing literature and studying the craft of writing, all through quotations?
That’s why I created this packet. Each page is designed with a different literary element or writing device in mind so that you can choose a piece relevant to your current read, whether it be an independent work, short story or novel, or a class read-aloud, and your students can be searching for that element as they read.
I’ve tried to choose a range of elements here, from basic things like identifying plot elements to identifying mood and theme to considering the author’s purpose. For most pages, you’ll need only your book, a pen, and the printable, but for a few outside research is helpful.
These pages can be used for study guides, discussion guides, to supplement lesson plans, or as assessments.
I hope you enjoy this Literary Analysis by Quote product! For more fun and creative teaching ideas, visit my TpT store.
