5.3 Writer's Workshop: Literary Essay

Planning

Open this template and complete Step One: Prewriting.

First choose two characters from your novel who share a relationship. Write their names in Part A.

Brainstorming

Part A:  Step One.  Answer the following questions about your characters. You can use the provided table on your template.

1. Who are your characters?  
2. What is their role in the novel? 

Part B:  Answer the following questions about the type of relationship your characters share. You can use the list of relationships and adjectives on the following page to help.

1. What type of relationship do they have?
2. Is it positive or negative?
3. Choose an adjective to describe the relationship.

Part C:  Answer the following question about the effect of the relationship on your characters.

1. What effect does the relationship have on the characters?

Part D:  Find quotations to support your opinion.  Be sure to include the page number reference.  When you describe a relationship between characters, you should be able to provide evidence as support.  Think about the events of the story, how the characters spoke to each other (dialogue), and how they behaved toward each other (interactions).  Find strong examples throughout the book that support your description, focusing on what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of your book.

When you are finished your planning submit it under the drop-box: Literary Essay Planning:  Unit 5.

Once your teacher has approved this, you can go to the next step: writing your first draft.