What is the main purpose of a thesis statement in a literary analysis essay?
1.to briefly state the author’s purpose for writing the text you are analyzing
2.to establish the central idea of the literary analysis essay
3.to support the statement made in the preceding sentence
4.to introduce the topic of the literary analysis essay
5.to provide citations for textual evidence of the analysis

Find a newspaper or magazine (either print or digital form), and select one piece of media to evaluate. after reading/viewing the media, describe it, and explain what you believe the purpose and intended audience of the piece may have been. then, label the techniques (images, layout, video, sound, etc.) that were used, and how those techniques interacted to create either an effective or ineffective piece of media. your response should be at least 200 words.