The introduction to a literary analysis essay relies on three key elements: the hook sentence, background information, and the thesis statement. 1 Catchphrase: A catchy phrase is the phrase or first sentence of the introductory paragraph. A hook statement aims to grab readers' attention. A literary analysis essay is writing in which you examine a piece of literature and understand the connections between small parts of texts and the whole work, and put it on paper. By writing this type of essay, students can better understand the meaning of literature. It involves breaking a book into parts and considering each part. Writing an introduction to a literary analysis essay. ️. Start with the title of your work and the name of its author. One or two sentences will be enough. Emphasize the main idea of the work analyzed to make these sentences more catchy. ️. Briefly say what the work is about or how it influenced world literature.