You are really knowledgeable about the passage/novel, which is great. Watch out that you don't spend tons of time summarizing so that most of your time can be spent analyzing. Make sure you have a statement of purpose for the passage or a thesis- what is the author trying to do here and how? You jump right over that and it would weaken your score overall because there's nothing to link to/nothing you're trying to prove. As far as organization- keep linking back to that statement at the beginning of each part/section. Remember that you don't need to go line by line (you can color code or number the examples you want to use). I think you got thrown off by looking at each line in order. Make sure you bring in a bit more context as far as the novel overall (something little, like why it was written and a brief, brief summary (like 1-2 sentences). Additionally, make sure you really just focus on the passage itself and don't move too far beyond it. I agree about the reader/effect...think about it like textual evidence of device/techinique that supports thesis, what it's meaning is in the passage, and the effect/ what the reader should understand (why this technique/device as opposed to another...?)
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You are really knowledgeable about the passage/novel, which is great. Watch out that you don't spend tons of time summarizing so that most of your time can be spent analyzing.
Make sure you have a statement of purpose for the passage or a thesis- what is the author trying to do here and how? You jump right over that and it would weaken your score overall because there's nothing to link to/nothing you're trying to prove.
As far as organization- keep linking back to that statement at the beginning of each part/section. Remember that you don't need to go line by line (you can color code or number the examples you want to use). I think you got thrown off by looking at each line in order.
Make sure you bring in a bit more context as far as the novel overall (something little, like why it was written and a brief, brief summary (like 1-2 sentences). Additionally, make sure you really just focus on the passage itself and don't move too far beyond it.
I agree about the reader/effect...think about it like textual evidence of device/techinique that supports thesis, what it's meaning is in the passage, and the effect/ what the reader should understand (why this technique/device as opposed to another...?)