Narrative Text . . .

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Narrative Text . . .
What does it say?
How does the text say it?
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Find examples of figurative language (metaphor/si
mile, descriptive language, symbolism)
Summary of chapter/how did the story advance?
This is your summary
This is the authors craft structure

• The gist/central idea
• Specific evidence to support
• Ideas in order of importance
• Obvious/logical inferences
• Most important ideas/events

• What genre does the selection represent?
• Whose voice did the author choose as the
  narrator?
• What role does dialogue play?
• What are the style, mood and tone?
• What word choice, imagery and figures of speech
  (simile, metaphor, alliteration, irony,
  repetition, personification) does the author use?

What does it mean?
So . . . What does it mean to me?
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Consider shifts in character, conflict, dialogue
Make a connection (to a book/movie, your life,
current events)
This is the claim the authors intent
This is where you make a connection to your life

• Text Self
• What does this remind me of in my life?
• How is this different from my life?
• How does this relate to my life?
• What were my feelings when I read this?

• What is the theme/central idea?
• How is the theme/central idea supported with
  ideas details?
• How does the author use language dialect,
  variant spellings, archaic words, formal/informal
  words to shape the tone and meaning of the piece?
• How does the author use point of view, style,
  mood, tone, text features, imagery, figures of
  speech (simile, metaphor, alliteration, irony,
  repetition, onomatopoeia, personification) and
  the lead, to achieve his/her purpose (authors
  intent)?

• Text Text
• How is the text similar to other things Ive
  read/watched?
• Have I read something like this before?

• Text World
• What does this remind me of in the real world?
• How does this relate to the world around me?
• How is this similar/different to things that have
  happened
• around me?

Reading Strategy Close and Critical Reading
Bookmarks can be found at http//missionliteracy
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bookmarks20June202010.pdf