Hello, I'm Rebecca Lowry, I am certified to teach seven through 12 English language arts. And what I will be teaching you in this course is how to write a literary analytical essay. And I think that is the first time that all of my practice runs that I've actually said that name correctly. Try saying it three times really fast. It's impossible. There's many different names for it.

Maybe I should have tried these first, but you could also be calling a literary analyst. or this could also be called a literary criticism, he could become a literary critic. But no matter what you call it, it's my favorite form of specialty writing, because anyone can take any literary, any piece of literature and come up with 100 different analysis based on what they observed or their own connections in it is so fun, and it's It's one of those things that I really enjoy when going to things like book clubs because the way everyone talks about what they learned or their insight, to me, it is so interesting because of how different we all think. And that is one of the reasons why this is such a valuable skill. But there's many reasons why it's such a valuable skill. The first one that I want to kind of touch on is that it teaches you to think critically, you train your mind to observe the text, and to write about it in an intelligible way.

And the last one, you can read all of those valuable reasons why this is a valuable skill on your own, but the one that I really want to hone in on is the last one learn how to express your opinions logically, and clearly. This class will help you do that. Before we move on to the next piece, I do want to read through the objective statement. This is what I want you to gain from this class. And yes, I'm going to read them. So follow along as I read it.

Learn how to think and write critically about a piece of literature. I also want you to gain an appreciation and deeper understanding of the author's intent and how he or she communicated it. The last thing that I really want to talk about, and what will, what I'll teach you is how to investigate literary tools to write your personal reactions to the text clearly, and logically. Those are the things that I hope to accomplish in this class. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.