If you haven’t decided on a
topic:
List the three most promising or
interesting ideas you have in as much detail as you can. Then look over them
and choose the two you feel are strongest.
If you have decided on a
topic:
Write out your topic and focus
in a brief couple of sentences, being as concise yet as specific as you’re able
and trying to phrase your ideas in the form of an argument, if you can. Make a
list of general areas of evidence you think could support your imagined
argument.
Some thoughts on approaches to preparing your literary argument follow. Note that any approach needs to either begin with the text, or quickly move to looking closely at the text for evidence.
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