Unit 1: Learning Map & Lit Terms
- 2. Unit #1: How do readers effectively analyze literature? What is critical reading? How do we analyze a text? How do we use what we know to make inferences and draw conclusions? How do we form a valid interpretation? How do we construct a valid analysis? VOCAB VOCAB VOCAB VOCAB critical reading analyze annotate inferences drawing conclusions literal meaning figurative meaning analysis textual evidence direct quotes
- 3. critical reading Reading to understand what the text means, not just what it says
- 4. analyze To examine a text closely to find clues to discover the deeper meaning
- 5. annotate Methodically marking up the text to reflect your critical thinking
- 7. drawing conclusions Finding patterns in the details of the text that show meaning http://youtu.be/ueZ6tvqhk8U One of these things is not like the others
- 8. literal meaning Simple, exact word-for-word meaning; to mean exactly what is said
- 9. figurative meaning To obtain meaning through what is implied, not what is directly stated Not meant to be taken as stated
- 10. analysis A verbal or written interpretation of a text based on analyzing its meaning
- 11. textual evidence Places in the text that support a reader’s ideas
- 12. direct quote Placing a word-for- word copy of the text in quotation marks to use it in your own writing. According to the text, “it was a dark and stormy night.”