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Core Conventions for Writing About Literature

Apply the basic expectations of literary analysis writing: use present tense, avoid first person in formal analysis, use third person appropriately, and format authors’ names and literary titles correctly.

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Core Conventions for Writing About Literature In literary analysis, writers follow a few core conventions that make their ideas sound formal, clear, and consistent. According to A Few Rules for Writing about Literature, the basic expectations include using pre...

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