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The Art of Annotating
The Pathway to Analytical Reading
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The
Profile ofthe Good
Reader
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Set a purpose
vs
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onnect w atyou are reading
to
How does this
relate to
something else
Ive read?
How does this
relate to me?
How does this
relate to
something else
in my lifefamily,
community, etc?
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Ask QUESTIONS
About the characters
About the plot and
how the author willunfold the narrative
to you
About informationyou dont understand
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Writers often give you hints or clues that help you "read between
the lines." These clues give you a deeper understanding. When
you infer, you go beyond the surface details to see other
meanings that the details suggest orimply(not stated). When the
meanings of words are not stated clearly in the context of the text,
they may be implied- that is, suggested or hinted at. When
meanings are implied, you may inferthem.
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From
this
To
this
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Evaluate and Judge
What is the author s thematic purpose? What ideasdoes the writer present that you agree with? Disagree
with? How relevant are these ideas to you? What
previous ideas of yours has this work changed or
amplified?
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The Levels of a Literary Text:
Moving from the
PLOT
to the THEMATIC
PLOT LEVEL
Things that can be answered with the question What?
Things that concern events and setting and character descriptions.Things character does
Plot-level outcome of characters actions
Other characters reactions to events/other characters
Setting details
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Figurative LevelThings that can be answered with the question Why? or How?Things that consider characters in the narrative as both dynamic people and
also the result of artistic choices:
People with goals, passions, ambitions, fears and desires.
When we INFER things about the hidden life of a character and
what motivates him/her
When we consider literary devices and techniques that an author
uses to connect certain emotions or ideas with a character, place, orevent.
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And the last and most
sophisticated Level:
THEMATIC Level
when we can make thematic evaluations and statements.
when we say that such and such a character/ represents a
CONCEPT or an IDEA by his very construction; these take on
a greater significance, and become a commentary on a
deeper message, or overall point the author is conveying.
When we consider overarching ideas oruniversal themes that the author has
asked us to consider
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What does annotate mean?
Annotation is a method of writing down your ideas of a text:
To trace yourreading
(setting purpose,
asking questions,
connecting,summarizing,
inferring)
To develop yourunderstanding of
literary analysis
(plot, figurative,thematic)
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Good annotations will have a
balance of written ideas of
Your own thoughts, connections
and ideas
With
Your understanding of the
authors ideas and intentions
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Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from my reaction
Gatsbywho represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If personality
is a series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous about him, some
heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to one of those
intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away.
Text to SELF: Ive met people who seem to be part of agroup of people you hate but then turn out to be likable for
some reason
Text to World: celebrities often become representative of the
rich, spoiled, American Dream even if they do not
characterize the rest of the celebrity world
The was indicates that he is either
dead or this was written long after he
was gorgeous
Reader Connections
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Gatsbywho represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If
personality is a series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous
about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to
one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away
(Fitzgerald 3).
This metaphor, comparing your personality to a series of
choreographed, physical movements makes it seem like he is
graceful
Why does he evoke both scorn and
gorgeous qualities?
How is he more sensitive to the
promises of life? Does this mean he ismore hopeful or more depressed?
Comparing him to a seismograph makes it seem as if
he is in tune with FATE or Lady Luck and that things
must always go his way, or that is what he must believe
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Gatsbywho represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn. If
personality is a series of successful gestures, then there was something gorgeous
about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life, as if he were related to
one of those intricate machines that register earthquakes ten thousand miles away
(Fitzgerald 3).
So Gatsby represents what hedoesnt like
Hes good looking
I dont get what thismeans
Unproductive Annotations
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