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Title: Analyzing Written Texts


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Analyzing Written Texts
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Summary
  • Definition Brief version of what a text says
  • Purpose Reminds readers of the main points of
    the text

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Components of a Summary
  • Authors name and title of text
  • Main point of original text (thesis)
  • Important ideas that support the thesis
  • Key examples and details
  • Your own words and select quotes

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Writing a Summary
  • Read the text carefully for understanding
  • Re-read and highlight thesis, important ideas,
    key examples and details
  • Put thesis, main ideas, and key examples and
    details into your own words
  • Combine sentences and edit carefully.

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Definitions
  • Analysisseparating into parts in order to
    understand the whole
  • Text
  • Etymology from the Latin word for woven, same
    root as textile
  • Nearly any interweaving of words, ideas, or
    expression, including a non-fiction essay

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Analyzing a Text
  • Unraveling the strands, breaking into parts
  • Understanding what the parts all mean making
    connections among them and drawing some
    conclusion about the whole text
    (inference/interpretation)
  • Inference or interpretation answers the question,
    So what?

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Explaining Your Analysis
  • Presenting your analysis to a reader
  • Showing your evidence and persuading your reader
    that your analysis is valid, that your
    understanding (inference/ interpretation) of the
    text is legitimate
  • SG to persuade the reader to see things your
    way, including sharing your point of view on a
    non-fiction essay

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Essay 1 Essay 2
  • Online advertisement
  • Inference Target market
  • Description of topic
  • Analysis to support inference (features
    presented, language, visuals, etc.)
  • Details and explanation of connections between
    details and inferences
  • Non-fiction essay
  • Inference Point of view
  • Summary of essay
  • Analysis to support inference (arguments,
    comparisons, evidence, etc.)
  • Details and explanation of connections between
    details and inferences

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Analysis of Non-Fiction Essays
  • Thesis
  • Comparisons and Contrasts
  • Claims about Cause/Effect
  • Classification
  • Definitions
  • Appeal to Audience
  • Examples
  • Use of Sources
  • Context
  • Tone
  • Organization

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Discovering a Point of View
  • What is my gut-level, personal reaction to this
    essay and what the writer has to say in it?
  • Do I agree or disagree with the author? Some of
    both?

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  • Which arguments, examples, or details seem
    particularly effective? Ineffective?
  • How significant or important are the authors
    ideas to us as readers? To society?
  • How does this essay compare to another?

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Articulating Your Point of View
  • Your thesis statement One sentence that
    summarizes your point of view on the essay.
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