Create an outline that illustrates an attempt to trace a literary element through thework you’ve chosen to analyze.

Writing a Preliminary Draft for a Literary Analysis in the Humanities” humanities Annotated Bibliography. 5 sources. following steps should help you prepare the preliminary draft of the literary analysis:1. Read the work of literature that you have chosen with an eye to discover how thetheme associated with the work applies to it. Be ready to answer questions about howthe theme you’ve chosen is illustrated in the work of literature.2. Choose a literary element of the work of literature to examine, such as plot,structure, character development, symbolism, and so on (For guidance, see Resources,Writing Aids: “Writing About Literature” from Pearson.). Make a preliminary assessmentabout how that literary element can be seen as a “thread” that you trace through the”fabric” of the piece literature to explore the work’s theme.3. Create an outline that illustrates an attempt to trace a literary element through thework you’ve chosen to analyze. An outline can be used to write the preliminary draft ofyour literary analysis. The more detailed your outline, the easier the preliminary draft willbe to write.4. Re-read the work, and also re-read the Pearson chapter in Resources, Writing Aids,that explains how to analyze literature.5. Be prepared to explain the theme of the work as you see it, as well as severalexamples in the text where the thread you are tracing illustrates the theme, whether thethread is a symbol, structural element, metaphor, or character development point.6. Write a preliminary thesis statement for the preliminary draft. Remember that thethesis should follow this pattern: By examining X, readers can better understand Y. Xstands for some literary element (thread in the fabric) that pertains to the work ofliterature you are analyzing, and Y stands for the work’s theme (a way to label the entirefabric).7. Write the topic sentences for the body paragraphs of the draft. The topic sentencesare examples of X (the literary element) you plan to explore in the paper.8. Read the sample literary analysis of the short story “A Jury of Her Peers” that I’veposted in the Writing Aids folder in Resources; this sample contains secondary sources(articles from scholarly journals devoted to literature) similar to the ones that you willeventually incorporate into your own analysis after using EBSCO and the LiteraryReference Center Plus at our online library site. For now, however, concentrate on ananalysis of the work without these resources: the preliminary draft will not incorporatesecondary sources, just your own intro and thesis, body paragraphs exploring thethread/examples from the work, and a conclusion.9. Write the body paragraphs. The body paragraphs will consist of your analyzing eachliterary example in the thesis list, one by one, in separate paragraphs. Begin with atopic sentence that connects the literary element with the theme. For example: “Phoenix’s being named for the mythological bird of resurrection directly connects to herability to overcome physical and mental disabilities in the story to bring medicine to hergrandson.” The rest of the paragraph will cite instances in the story that illustrate thispoint. Use both direct quotations and paraphrasing as you cite the source.10. Write the introduction. Describe, briefly, the theme of the work: specifically, focuson the author’s view or opinion concerning the overall theme related to your work. Forexample, if you’ve chosen PTSD as your overall theme, let your reader know in theintroduction what your specific author’s view of PTSD is as shown in the story, play,poem, etc., you are analyzing. The introduction should end with a thesis that lists thespecific literary elements you will examine in the work to explore the author’stheme. For example: “By analyzing the bird symbolism in ‘A Worn Path,’ the reader canbetter understand the story’s theme concerning overcoming life’s obstacles throughlove; examples of bird symbolism include the main character’s name; her encounterswith a buzzard, scarecrow, and hunter; and her vision of her grandson waiting for her athome.”11. Write the conclusion. The conclusion should begin with a reworded thesis, followedby a return to a brief discussion of the work’s theme.12. Review again the sample literary analysis in Writing Aids, Resources. Note thatthis sample contains references to literary criticism (secondary sources). Yourpreliminary draft due should not have to have any secondary sources, just the primarysource you are analyzing.Eventually, after you do some research using EBSCO and the Literary ReferenceCenter plus at the FTCC online library site, you will incorporate the same kinds ofsecondary sources into your paper. Note, however, how the sample literary analysiscites the primary source being analyzed as well as how that student author incorporatescitations from the short story analyzed into the paper.