finding the “nutritional value” the art and craft of analysis chapter 2 close reading
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FINDING THE“NUTRITIONAL VALUE”
THE ART AND CRAFT OF ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 2
CLOSE READING
THE DETAILS
ANALYZING
ANALYZING STYLE
Diction: word choiceTrope: artful diction
metaphor Simile personification hyperbole
ANALYZING STYLE
Syntax: word orderScheme: artful syntax
parallelisms juxtapositions antithesis sentence structure
ANALYZING DICTION
Which of the important words in the passage (verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs) …General? Abstract?
Which are…Specific? Concrete?
ANALYZING DICTION
Which words are…formal?informal?colloquial?slang?figurative?figures of speech?metaphors?
ANALYZING SYNTAX
Is it the usual subject-verb-object order, or is it inverted?Inverted syntax
“Usual order, the words are not in,” says Yoda.
Which is more prominent — nouns or verbs?
ANALYZING SYNTAX
Sentences….Periodic —the main
independent clause is at the end.
Cumulative (also called a Loose sentence) — the main independent clause is at the beginning.
ANALYZING SYNTAX: periodic sentence
ANALYZING SYNTAX: cumulative sentence
ANALYZING SYNTAX
How does the sentence connect its words, phrases and clauses?
What is the effect?
“TALKING WITH THE TEXT”
Annotation. Read with a pen or pencil in hand.
Circle words you don’t know. Or use post-it notes if you have an
emotional aversion to writing in books….
Identify topic sentences and thesis statements.
“TALKING WITH THE TEXT”
Look for tropes, imagery and detail.
Ask questions or make comments on the reading.
Use the Thinking Options.
Listen to the voice in yourhead as you read and writedown what that voice is saying.
ANALYZING A VISUAL TEXT
Rhetorical triangle still applies…
And we look at the words Individually And the way they are
placed on the page
Look at the images in the same way.
BON APPETIT!