This outstanding practical guide to writing analytical essays on literature develops interpretive skills through focused exercises and modeled examples. The program is tailored to meet the specific needs of beginning undergraduates.

• Features unique, detailed guidance on paragraph structure
• Includes sample essays throughout to model each stage of the essay-writing process
• Focused exercises develop the techniques outlined in each chapter
• Dedicated checklists enable quick, accurate assessment by teachers and students
• Enhanced glossary with advice on usage added to core definitions

This lucid guide to the fundamentals of literary analysis equips literature students with the precision tools for masterful essay writing. Distilling the author's years of teaching experience into a graduated set of instructions and exercises, it develops the interpretive skills required for logical and effective essays. The text details the exact academic specifications for writing  top-flight essays on literature and includes examples that model each stage of the process,

The book's practice exercises can be completed in class or at home, and integrated checklists link the exercises with the preceding chapter's contents, enabling students to assess their own work quickly and accurately.

This new Wiley guide demystifies literary analysis and is also an ideal text for non-native speakers in English literature programs around the world.