Not worth three dollars
Not worth 3 dollars
Idea fantastic, overall lacks some key things
I love the idea of this app considering I'm in AP English. I believe this would be a perfect studying app BUT it lacks a lot of details. Most of the definitions are quick descriptions and most of the vocabulary terms in here lack examples, detail, and etc which is provided in a few of the terms. Please update this app with more information!:)
Overall this app is worth the money to get a quick look through to freshen up your mind or if you don't need to completely understand the terms.
Overall this app is worth the money to get a quick look through to freshen up your mind or if you don't need to completely understand the terms.
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Freezes
I am running iOS 8.4 on an iPad Air. Your app, Literary Analysis Guide, keeps freezing. I have the paid version. Please fix.
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This is a complete guide that you will use often. If you are a literature teacher or a student in a literature class you will absolutely love this app.
A Great Resource Teachers and Students Alike
“Lit Analysis 2” is a reference guide for understanding the various elements of literature in poetry, prose, rhetoric and other related literary devices such as figures of speech. The app includes definitions, examples, paragraphs that show examples of analysis of poems that express those literary devices, as well as important questions to ask yourself when analysing a work in regards to the particular literature device.
The app’s content is very comprehensive to the point that it would be useful for a literature analyst from the basics learned in middle and high school through college. Not only does it have visual representation for the big broad concepts, but it has a glossary full of very precise and obscure terms. Some of the terms could use more examples as most are limited to only two or three. In a few cases there is one, or even no examples, but those are rare. The content also seems to be aimed at late high school and beyond, which could make it pretty dense for younger students. It would be nice if they had some examples from texts that were easier for younger students to grasp. Having them alongside higher level examples might help with scaffolding as well.
The app is very useable, with a simple interface. The major terms are arrayed in a wheel shape around the central concept, which can help users visualize how the terms all contribute to the central concept. Once the user clicks on a concept they are taken to a fairly plain but well organized page with text under headings that can be collapsed and expanded. Its simplicity helps it run fairly smooth, and it would be difficult to be lost in the app.
The appearance of the app is very plain, which makes everything easy to read and see, but it also makes the experience a bit dull and lifeless. It is very clearly an academic tool, and it does nothing to give a more stylish or appealing experience while using the app.
I could easily see this app being used by students in writing and literature classes of all kinds using it to both analyse and produce literature. In many ways it does a good job of replacing many of the literature handbooks that would otherwise be the go-to tool. For ease and clarity of use and content alone, this would be a great app for student use in the classroom. I do wish, however, that it would be more appealing to younger students, with some text and examples aimed at their level. I give this app 4.5 stars. It is excellent, with some room for improvement.
The app’s content is very comprehensive to the point that it would be useful for a literature analyst from the basics learned in middle and high school through college. Not only does it have visual representation for the big broad concepts, but it has a glossary full of very precise and obscure terms. Some of the terms could use more examples as most are limited to only two or three. In a few cases there is one, or even no examples, but those are rare. The content also seems to be aimed at late high school and beyond, which could make it pretty dense for younger students. It would be nice if they had some examples from texts that were easier for younger students to grasp. Having them alongside higher level examples might help with scaffolding as well.
The app is very useable, with a simple interface. The major terms are arrayed in a wheel shape around the central concept, which can help users visualize how the terms all contribute to the central concept. Once the user clicks on a concept they are taken to a fairly plain but well organized page with text under headings that can be collapsed and expanded. Its simplicity helps it run fairly smooth, and it would be difficult to be lost in the app.
The appearance of the app is very plain, which makes everything easy to read and see, but it also makes the experience a bit dull and lifeless. It is very clearly an academic tool, and it does nothing to give a more stylish or appealing experience while using the app.
I could easily see this app being used by students in writing and literature classes of all kinds using it to both analyse and produce literature. In many ways it does a good job of replacing many of the literature handbooks that would otherwise be the go-to tool. For ease and clarity of use and content alone, this would be a great app for student use in the classroom. I do wish, however, that it would be more appealing to younger students, with some text and examples aimed at their level. I give this app 4.5 stars. It is excellent, with some room for improvement.
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Excellent Resource
I recommend this app to my high-school seniors with confidence in its reliability. The examples of devices and prose treatment of literary ideas are especially helpful.
English Teachers Best Friend
Everything you need in an organized manner for evaluation of literature!
Useful summary of literary elements
I use it for homeschooling. Makes it easy to come up with discussion questions for any type of literature.
I could also see it being useful for high school and up to prepare for a discussion or to brainstorm essay ideas.
The graphic design could use a little help. I found a theme I liked, but some of the color schemes are just awful.
I could also see it being useful for high school and up to prepare for a discussion or to brainstorm essay ideas.
The graphic design could use a little help. I found a theme I liked, but some of the color schemes are just awful.
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AMAZING UPDATE
Never used to use this app. I thought it was a waste of money. Got updated and now I use it for my English class all the time. Especially useful that it does not need Internet connection
Great!
This app is great and easy to use! I love the theme & style!
Great App
This is a great study app for students.
Great for Teachers
Great app for teaching. Easy to access!
Good general summaries
This is a helpful compilation of concepts and terms characterizing poetry, prose, and rhetoric. It instructs, reminds and allows one what to consider when analyzing literature. Overall, a very good summary of the mechanics of literature.
The display windows are attractive and intuitive.
My hope is that future editions will have even more detail available. For example, the figures of speech section should include more such figures, such as antithesis, chiasmus, antistrophe, anaphora, climax, syllepsis, etc. Additional illustrative poems, written in different meter, also would be helpful.
Future editions might also benefit from some of Abraham Lincoln's extraordinarily effective passages, as examples of effective persuasion.
A very good value!
The display windows are attractive and intuitive.
My hope is that future editions will have even more detail available. For example, the figures of speech section should include more such figures, such as antithesis, chiasmus, antistrophe, anaphora, climax, syllepsis, etc. Additional illustrative poems, written in different meter, also would be helpful.
Future editions might also benefit from some of Abraham Lincoln's extraordinarily effective passages, as examples of effective persuasion.
A very good value!
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useful guide for literature students
for those who study literature, this app comes in handy for giving them a supplementary knowledge. needs update, bug fixes, and more useful content
Useful, crisp app
Good layout, excellent functionality. Great buy.
A great start
This app has some great content, but $3.99 seems a bit pricy. Plus, the rhetorical wheel needs work. A large number of buttons don't work and one button opens the wrong section. For one-third of the app to not function properly, I had to lower my rating quite a bit.
Great App
Very easy to use and provides useful information at the touch of a finger.
Don't buy
Not what I expected and definitely not worth 3.99!
One Minor Problem
So far, this is a great app. (It's really a comprehensive set of notes about literary analysis.) However, in this app and the Writing Guide app, whenever I close the app, my changes to the font, size, and color are lost.
Other than that, this app is very useful for teachers and students in English courses.
Other than that, this app is very useful for teachers and students in English courses.
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Concise and Informative
And all in a format students will love to use.
