Preteen girl looking at a cell phone with her parents

Family movie night? There's an app for that

Download our new mobile app on iOS and Android.

Get the app
Parents' Guide to

Literary Analysis Guide

By Amanda Bindel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Bare-bones literary resource with examples and explanations.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Paid Education
Literary Analysis Guide Poster Image

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this app.

  • Literary Analysis Guide App: Screenshot #1
  • Literary Analysis Guide App: Screenshot #2
  • Literary Analysis Guide App: Screenshot #3
  • Literary Analysis Guide App: Screenshot #4
  • Literary Analysis Guide App: Screenshot #5

Community Reviews

See all

There aren't any parent reviews yet. Be the first to review this title.

Privacy Rating Warning

  • Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties.
  • Personal information is shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Data profiles are created and used for personalised advertisements.
Learn more about our privacy ratings

What’s It About?

Explore literary devices and techniques for poetry, prose, rhetoric, and figures of speech with LITERARY ANALYSIS GUIDE. Each genre has its own wheel with spokes for different devices specific to that genre. Poetry, for example, includes title, diction, syntax, meter, lines, and more; prose includes conflict, setting, characterization, and dialogue. Each category is explained and includes sample questions to better understand it in a piece of literature. Some include examples from literature or an annotated example.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: Not yet rated
Kids say: Not yet rated

Though it doesn't have bells and whistles, this solid resource is a handy analysis tool for classic literature. The black-and-white, all-text interface has no audio, but it's packed with information. The breakdown of literary devices by genre looks cool and is significant, with the wheel showing how all the devices affect meaning. Students, especially those in AP lit courses, will appreciate the sample analysis and examples from literature for each device. It'd be nice to see more contemporary lit included or at least some diversity in authors. A search feature would be helpful as well.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about their favorite books and compare favorite parts.

  • Play word games incorporating literary devices such as rhyme, alliteration, or assonance for poetic fun.

App Details

Did we miss something on diversity?

Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update.

See all recommended app lists

Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

See how we rate