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Close Reading: Strategies for
Understanding Text

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Thinking Words of Close Reading
Bing has Humanities Answers
Words that Start With
Close Reading Checklist
Wordnik
Classify the Words
Read the Words
Cool Text for Fun
Wordle T-shirts
Context Clues Checklist
These are the words to understand how the process of how to close read.  Remember from Bloom's Taxonomy: 1) Know Information; 2) Understand the Information; 3) Apply the Information; 4) Analyze the Information; 5) Evaluate the Information; and 6) Create a New Understanding of the Information.

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How to Close Read
Using Grammar for Close Reading
Snappy Words to Connect
Genre Words
Cornell Notes

Universal Themes

Common Themes

Allegories

Allegory versus Symbols

  • Allegory uses a lot of symbolism.
  • Allegories are fables, myths and religious stories. Hidden meaning through characters and events. 
  • Symbols build a theme.
  • Ex: Character Christian in Pilgrim's Progess​​ represents the journey to heaven
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  • Symbols are specific to a situation, character, setting, problem, solution. They are NOT allegories. They are a technique for allegories. 
  • Symbols build themes for allegories.​

Archetypes Characteristics:

  • ​universal meanings; e.g., sacrifice; Aslan in Chronicles of Narnia
  • shared human experience; struggle e.g., Mother Jones and Unions.
  • universal literary symbols; e.g., angel with their own code e.g., Miss Melly in Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
  • can include characters, plots, settings, objects and themes. General associations.

Story Analysis List

General Setting/Symbols
General Story Problems
General Color Meanings
General Number Meanings
General Character Habits
Character Analysis Strategies
Allegory Basics

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TPCASTT &
 AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

TPCASTT is a way to analyze text and understand meaning.
Poetry in English
TPCASTT Vocabulary
TPCASTT Introduction
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GRAMMAR FEATURES

How can you use the parts of speech for understanding a text?
Parts of Speech Vocabulary
Context Clues: Grammar
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PUNCTUATION & TEXT  FEATURES

How can you use punctuation for understanding a text?
Punctuation Vocabulary
Context Clues: Punctuation
Using Punctuation/Text Structure
Context Clues: Text Features
Author's Purpose Vocabulary
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