Literary Analysis & Essay Writing Guide is an essential reference tool for anyone studying literature or writing an essay in high school or college. Whether preparing for your Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition exam or writing a paper for a graduate-level literature course, Literary Analysis & Essay Writing Guide will help you on your way. By arranging the elements of composition and literature graphically around several wheels, teachers and students are better able to visualize how the elements of literature develop style, coherence, and meaning. Flip to the corresponding page of any element to find a detailed definition of the term, several examples, factors to consider, and additional questions to ask about how that device functions in the literature or composition at hand. The guide also contains sections for figures of speech and mechanics where the proper conventions of English are fully explained and illustrated. Literary Analysis & Essay Writing Guide was written by a college English professor with extensive secondary experience and is appropriate for all levels from secondary through graduate-level university academics.