Write a literary-analysis thesis that names a specific literary technique and the theme it develops, using "The Most Dangerous Game" as the shared text.
This unit's shared text is "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell: a big-game hunter, Rainsford, becomes the hunted by General Zaroff on a remote island. Literary analysis is explanatory writing that draws evidence from a literary text to explain HOW an author builds meaning, not simply to summarize what happens.
A literary-analysis thesis names a specific technique or device -- irony, characterization, setting, structure -- AND the theme or meaning it develops. "This story is about hunting" is too general; a strong thesis explains, specifically, how one craft choice builds one particular insight.
Mastery looks like: They write a thesis naming a specific literary technique and the theme it develops, distinct from plot summary or an overly general claim.
Common stumbles: Writing a thesis that summarizes plot or states an overly general truth instead of making a specific, analyzable claim about technique and theme.
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