Chapter 2 outline

Outline of Chapter 2

Close Reading

·      Analysis of the text to understand more than the words

·      Using the words to support your interpretations

Application

Analyzing Style

Trope—artful diction

·      Choice of words

·      Figurative or literal language

·      General or abstract words

·      Formal, informal, colloquial, or slang

Scheme—artful syntax

·      Arrangement of words

·      Parallelisms

·      Juxtapositions

·      Antitheses

·      Inversion

·      Periodic or cumulative

·      Connections

Annotation

•       Use sticky notes if you can’t write on it

•       Identify words you don’t know

•       Look for main ideas (thesis, topic sentences)

•       Words or phrases that appeal to you

•       Figures of speech, imagery

•       Make comments on what you have read

Dialectical Journal – double- entry

Note-making

•       Comments

•       Notice details

Note taking

•       quotes

Graphic Organizers

·      Yours to create

·      Break up the text into manageable passages

Visual Text

•       Rhetorical triangle still applies

•       Look for underlying messages

•       Depends on background experience

•       Tone

•       What grabs your attention first: text or image

Writing about close reading

•       Not a summary

•       Analyzing the effect of diction and syntax on purpose

•       How does the author convey his/her purpose?

Vocabulary

•       Copy the terms you do not know by definition

•       Identify any that you cannot apply