Analyzing Non-Fiction 101 Speaker/Point of View 11R2.5 Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
Knowledge and Identification 1st Person Voice Tone 2nd Person Persona Mood 3rd person Credibility Narrator Identify and describe the function of each literary term in the text. Cause (Tone) Effect (Mood)
Application of Point of View Describe the author’s attitude and voice. -Diction -Syntax Describe how the work makes you feel.
Remember to: • Identify and explain the tone and mood of a work. • Discuss how the point of view affects the tone and mood of the text.
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Analysis of Point of View Explain how voice and persona affect the tone and mood of a text. Explain how the point of view—narrator, tone, and mood—affect the credibility of the text?
Evaluate how voice, persona, and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text.
Occasion/Audience 11R3.8 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions assumptions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic (e.g., suffrage, women’s role in organized labor). (Political approach)
Knowledge and Identification rivers, lakes, valleys, animals, plants, fields, mountains, deserts, etc. Artificial buildings, machines and technology, etc. Histo Histori rica call Cont Contex extt war, war, cloth clothin ing, g, diale dialect cts, s, natural disasters, famines, movements and theories. Identify and describe the function of each component in the text. Natural
Application of Point of View Explain how each component of setting is described by the narrator. Diction
Imagery
Audience 10R2.7 Critique the logic of functional documents by
examining the sequence of information and procedures in anticipation of possible reader misunderstandings. Knowledge and Identification Characters • Protagonist • Antagonist • Subordinate Characters Types of • Flat/Round Characters • Static/Dynamic • Foil Characters • Stock/Archetype Characters Identify and describe the function of the character. Application of Point of View How does the author characterize the main characters?
Figurative Language
Remember to: • Identify and explain the various elements of setting, imagery, and literary devices employed by the author.
Dire Direct ct Char Charac acte teri riza zatio tion n
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diction and syntax
diction and syntax
Remember to: Discuss how the author reveals the character’s • personality traits.
Analysis of Setting Examine the significance of the setting to the text? Is the setting a symbol? Why or why not?
Analysis of Character What is the character’s function in the fictional text? • How does the character affect others in the text? • What inferences can be made about the character based on his/her actions?
Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme, using the terminology of literary criticism. (Aesthetic approach)
Evaluate how the character affects the work as a whole. Evaluate characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, dramatic monologue, and soliloquy and compare and contrast the
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Analyzing Literature 101 Purpose
Syntax
10R2.1 Analyze the structure and format of documents, and explain how authors use the features to achieve their purposes.
Knowledge and Identification Internal/External Motivation Complication Dénouement
Exposition Rising Action Resolution Consequence
Crisis Climax Falling Action
Identify and describe the function of each term in the text. Application of Conflict Cause
Effect (Consequence)
11R2.3 Analyze the way in which clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization, hierarchical structures, repetition of the main ideas, syntax, and word choice in the text.
Knowledge and Identification Sequence Flashback Sequential
Analysis of Point of View Explain how interactions between main and subordinate characters affect the story and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
Chronological Foreshadowing
Application of Point of View
Onomatopoeia Hyperbole Paradox Irony Symbol
Imagery Alliteration Assonance Idioms Allegory
Identify and describe the function of each term in the text. Application of Point of View Denotation vs. Connotation Literal vs. Figurative
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Trace/map the author’s plot development. Explain how the author’s development of time moves/enhances the plot of the text.
Remember to: • Identify and explain the various terms, image, and literary devices used by the author. Analysis of Setting Examine why the author chose to arrange the sequence of events in the text? Would the story still have the same impact had the events been arranged differently?
Evaluate how interactions between main and subordinate characters affect a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the work as
Metaphor Simile Allusions Personification Diction
Identify and describe the function of each term in the text.
Explain/describe the history/cause of the conflict. Exposition Who is involved? Rising Action Internal/External Explain/describe the consequence of the conflict. Climax/Crisis Falling Action Resolution/ Dénouement
Remember to: • Identify and explain the conflict of the text. • Discuss how the conflict affects the plot of the text.
Epiphany Suspense
Rhetorical Analysis 11R2.1 Analyze both the features and the rhetorical devices of different types of public documents (e.g., policy statements, speeches, debates, platforms) and the way in which authors use those features and devices. Knowledge and Identification
Evaluate the author’s development of time and sequence,
Literal Meaning
Figurative Meaning
diction and syntax
diction and syntax
Remember to: Discuss how does the author use figurative • language to enhance meaning
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Analysis of Character Examine the function of each literary device in the text? Explain the significance of figurative language in the text.
Evaluate the author’s use of various literary devices, including figurative language, imagery, allegory, and
