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Using Direct Quotations

During your planning, find a few quotations from the story to use in your analysis. Consider what each quotation reveals about your thesis. The student writer of the literary analysis on pages 226–227 gathered the following quotations.

Quotations

Organizing the Middle Paragraphs

In each middle paragraph, address a different main point that supports your thesis. (See page 232.) This writer planned her middle paragraphs by writing a possible topic sentence for each one. (If necessary, you can change these sentences later on.)