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Writing Guides by Genre

Abstracts

• Abstracts - Colorado State University
  Thorough guide, from introduction to additional resources.
• Abstracts - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Writing Center
  Definition, writing approach, example.
• Writing Abstracts - St. Cloud State University

Analyzing Texts: Literature

• Guidelines for Writing a Literary Critical Analysis
  Explains the interpretive basis of literary analysis with guiding questions for formulating and supporting the essay.
• Conventions of Writing Papers about Literature - Provides a straightforward overview of common pitfalls, concerns, and strategies. (Celia Easton, SUNY Geneseo)
• Literary Analysis Guide: Analyzing a Passage - Strategies for analyzing individual passages as the basis for analyzing longer texts, with examples.
  (Goshen College)
• Writing Papers of Literary Analysis - Seamus Cooney, Western Michigan University
  Organization, content, what to avoid, mechanics
• Literary Resources - Robert Harris
  Tools for understanding the novel's place in literature, its form, and associated resources.
  • A Glossary of Literary Terms - Robert Harris
  • The Personal Computer as a Tool for Literary Analysis - Robert Harris, Virtual Salt
    Discovering and tracking text features to reveal patterns, verify themes, determine readability levels.

See also: Analysis Resources: E-texts - Literature & Analyzing Texts: Non-fiction