Example passages to develop points of characterization from

Here is that list of "The Language of Literary Analysis," which can help you look at your evidence and craft clearer more effective analytical claims.



"First you have a topic sentence," she explains to Leroy.  "Then you divide it up.  Your secondary topic has to be connected to your primary topic."

To Leroy, this sounds intimidating.  "I never was any good in English," he says.

and in the next scene, after their conversation (context!):

"Norma Jean used to say, "If I lose ten minutes' sleep, I just drag all day."  Now she stays up late, writing compositions"(6).