{"id":10300,"date":"2024-09-23T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/?page_id=10300"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:09:13","slug":"analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/?page_id=10300","title":{"rendered":"Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>Whole-Work Analysis (Rhetorical &amp; Literary):<\/b><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s a <u>colorkey<\/u> that I often insist students use to show me that <i>they<\/i> know what they&#8217;re putting on the page. When using it, it becomes clear quickly to everyone if they&#8217;re missing commentary or if their ideas just don&#8217;t make sense:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10305\" src=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2262\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382.jpeg 2262w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-300x176.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-1024x600.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-768x450.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-1536x900.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-2048x1200.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1382-500x293.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2262px) 100vw, 2262px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">For <u>rhetorical analysis terminology<\/u>, I use this one-pager of the SPACE-CAT acronym for the rhetorical situation and a speaker&#8217;s choices:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rhet-space-cat-2425.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"5e417643-3197-481c-897e-4b69d2897019\" data-linkindex=\"7\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/rhet-space-cat-2425.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Here is the <u>RA thesis frame<\/u> that I&#8217;ve used: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RA-frame-2526.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RA frame 2526<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">And a prettied-up version of College Board&#8217;s <u>rubric for RA<\/u> is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RA-rubric-1pager.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"92f65478-a887-45e5-bb64-7565327242c0\" data-linkindex=\"9\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RA-rubric-1pager.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Below is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">steps-of-mastery breakdown specifically for Row B<\/span> of that rubric:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10312\" src=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2404\" height=\"1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383.jpeg 2404w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-1024x670.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-768x502.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-1536x1004.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-2048x1339.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_1383-459x300.jpeg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2404px) 100vw, 2404px\" \/><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">This is a version of my blank <u>outline that&#8217;s annotated for RA<\/u>: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rhetorical-analysis-outline.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"9103bca6-c3ce-4986-87af-efdb792c3aa9\" data-linkindex=\"10\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rhetorical-analysis-outline.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">This is an eyesore, but I&#8217;ve used this display of <u>RA body paragraph guidelines<\/u> to center kids on what <i>has <\/i>to be present there:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/5090B1A7-09A0-4BEB-9059-43F9199AECAA.jpeg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"0d6be2a1-5dfa-49e1-9f35-e4919960945c\" data-linkindex=\"11\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/5090B1A7-09A0-4BEB-9059-43F9199AECAA.jpeg<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">And here&#8217;s a similarly customized <u>rubric for literary analysis<\/u>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/outline-rubric-24.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"7084c5fc-bfc3-4408-a672-10f22fc45b43\" data-linkindex=\"12\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/outline-rubric-24.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">And my go-to <u>thesis frame for whole-work LA<\/u> to help students support a syntactically complex theme claim:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/open-literary-analysis-essay-thesis-frame.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-outlook-id=\"55e71920-9864-4f0a-bad8-e151320867b7\" data-linkindex=\"13\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/open-literary-analysis-essay-thesis-frame.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Grammar Bytes!&#8221; has a solid breakdown of what a complex sentence is; I think this is essential before students create high-school-level theme claims: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chompchomp.com\/terms\/subordinateconjunction.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.chompchomp.com\/terms\/subordinateconjunction.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">This one is weird, but I use <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/literary-analysis-essay-rubric-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this granular <u>LA rubric<\/u><\/a> with freshmen to measure their understanding of the core concepts of LA. It&#8217;s geared to reward mastery of discrete skills, and I&#8217;ve found it&#8217;s clear enough that kids actually revise to meet its various big asks.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Worth mentioning also is the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">College Board&#8217;s rubric for the Open Essay<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/open-essay-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/open-essay-rubric.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">And here&#8217;s an adaptation of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IB&#8217;s rubric for the HL Essay<\/span> that can be used for any type of literary analysis (e.g. journal assignments): <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HL-essay-and-Journal-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HL-essay-and-Journal-rubric.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">To help the kids with finding solid <u>analytical verbs<\/u> to use when describing speakers&#8217;\/authors&#8217; choices, I&#8217;m now using this handout of <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/omni-frame-for-analysis-with-verbs-1.pdf\">omni-frame for analysis with verbs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This has proven helpful in getting students to use more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">evaluative language<\/span> when discussing an author&#8217;s choices: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Evaluative-language.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Evaluative-language.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">If students struggle with writing effective commentary, here are some elaboration sentence starters and language to help with transitions: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/transitionsANDelaboration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/transitionsANDelaboration.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also include here the <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tone-Packet-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wheel of Feels and some other classifications of words to describe tone and mood<\/a> as well as some broad <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Colormarking-guide-24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines on colormarking<\/a> a passage to identify an author&#8217;s choices. And here are some collected sets of terminology: for <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/lit-terms-2334.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/revised-poetry-packet-2324.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poetry<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Graphic-Novel-Terminology.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">graphic novels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><b>Extract\/Passage Analysis (Commentary a.k.a Choice-Effect):<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">I intend to add some resources here to help teachers with passage-analysis tasks that don&#8217;t necessarily deal with whole-work theme\/purpose, specifically choice(s)-effect(s) prompts and some thesis frames.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">For now, here are some official documents on the relevant AP and IB assessments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">AP Literature&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prose\/Poetry Essays<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/media\/pdf\/ap-english-literature-and-composition-frqs-1-2-3-scoring-rubrics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official Rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">IB Literature <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Paper 1<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PAPER-1-overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tips<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CBtz8Wwco8E?si=N8Lmai-GbRnhoYfQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PAPER-1-rubric.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rubric<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2014-paper-1-poetry-score-7.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-Scoring Example (Poetry)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2014-paper-1-prose-score-7.pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High-Scoring Example (Prose)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonenglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2014-paper-1-prompts-for-review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Example Prompts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whole-Work Analysis (Rhetorical &amp; Literary): Here&#8217;s a colorkey that I often insist students use to show me that they know what they&#8217;re putting on the page. 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