Big Difference

There are many thing that separate literary analysis from book reports. One, book reports re-tell the story summarized in your own words. Whereas, a literary analysis discuses and argues the points on which the author is trying to make. Next, when writing a literary analysis it is assumed that the readers you are writing to have already read the story you are discussing. In a book report certain areas are left out, including the ending , so the reader is not spoiled by the ending being told to them because it is assumed in a book report that the reader has not read the story.  Also, when writing a book report you are sharing your thought and opposition and like I said  re-telling the story with no source of a writing structure. In a literary analysis you have the thesis statement, the introducing, the topic sentence, the body, and finally the conclusion. Finally, the biggest difference between these two very well used types of writings is that a literary analysis is a formal discussion of a story and a book report is a non-formal way of re-wording or re-telling a story in your own words.