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How to respond to Question 27 of the NYS English Regents Examination

Literary Paragraphs – The Basics

What is a literary paragraph? A literary paragraph is a paragraph about literature. Usually a literary paragraph is written in response to questions or instructions. A well-developed literary paragraph will have 7-8 sentences.

Format

Sentence 1: 	Topic Sentence (main idea) including the name of the story and its author in the topic sentence as well as the literary element or technique you are going to discuss. Sentence 2: 	A definition of the literary element or technique. Sentence 3: 	A summary of the story.

Sentence 4: 	The first example of the literary element or technique within the story.

Sentence 5:	Explain how the first example connects to the literary element or technique in terms of developing the story.

Sentence 6: 	The second example of the literary element or technique within the story.

Sentence 7: 	Explain how the second example connects to the literary element or technique in terms of developing the story.

Sentence 8: 	A conclusion by restating topic sentence.