Reading a Story

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Reading a Story

• A method for reading with comprehension

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Reading a Story

• Read the story at least twice.
• The first time through, read to enjoy. The second
  time, notice details.

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Reading a Story

• Annotate the text.
• Reread the story making notes in the margins and
  highlighting important passages.

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Thinking about a Story

• Identify the protagonist and the conflict.
• Whose story is being told? What does the
  character desire? What stands in the characters
  way?

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Thinking about a Story

• Consider the storys point of view.
• How might the tale change if told from a
  different point of view?

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Thinking about a Story

• Think about the setting.
• Does the setting play a significant role in the
  story?
• How does the setting affect the storys tone?

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Thinking about a Story

• Notice key symbols.
• Not every image is a symbolusually symbols are
  recurrent persons, places, or things that seem to
  suggest more than their literal meaning.

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Thinking about a Story

• Look for the theme.
• Is the central meaning stated directly? If not,
  how does it reveal itself?

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Thinking about a Story

• Think about tone and style.
• How would you characterize the style of the
  story?
• Think about the sentence structure, the diction,
  and organization. How do these elements
  contribute to the tone?