PPT-Close Reading Discovering How Writers Use Tropes and Schemes to Achieve an Effect

Close Reading Close reading is used to analyze text When reading closely you develop an understanding of the text that is based first on the words themselves and then on the larger ideas suggested by those words in other words you take the small details think about them and discover how they affect the texts larger meaning . Timothy Shanahan. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. Common Core Standards. New standards are ambitious and are asking teachers to engage children in high level interpretation of challenging texts through close reading. Making Reading fun and interactive in the classroom. Objectives for today. What is close reading? Looking at definitions and rationale. Why should the reader be dependent on the text for information? . Whatcha. need to know for your future quiz. a. nd . t. ropes. Barbie Liberation Organization. Think about the rhetoric in the video. . What are some ways the BLO is communicating persuasively?. What is the BLO doing? Are they pranking, rumoring, or . Targeting Tone. Tricky Tropes. Rhetorical Features. American Writers. Final Lines. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. What is Close Reading? . A way of approaching a text to highlight its internal dynamic. . Follows the Hermeneutic Circle of establishing an interplay between part and whole. . The close reading endeavors to explain the internal linguistic and rhetorical aspects of a short passage. . Rhythm. Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Iambic: . composed of iambs (da-DAH). Trochaic: . composed of trochees (DAH-da). Anapestic: . composed of anapests (da-da-DAH). Dactylic: . composed of dactyls (DAH-da-da). The BFG:. A Study in Schemes and Tropes. By Don and Alleen Nilsen. Schemes vs. Tropes. Schemes are superficial. . Schemes are the language-play devices that relate to sounds and spellings.. Alliteration, Assonance, Cacography, Eye Rhyme, and Slant Rhyme are examples of schemes. . A.K.A. Tropes & Schemes. Trope: . The use of a word, phrase, or image in a way not intended by its normal signification.. Scheme:.  . A change in standard word order or pattern.. Tropes. and . and craft. by . Laurie Stowell. San Marcos Writing Project. Cal State San Marcos. lstowell. @csusm. .edu. “Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrow from one another. The instruction we find is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others and it becomes the property of all.”. . . UIL A Academics Program Coordinator & . Essay Contest Coordinator. lparker@uiltexas.org. Schedule. Contest Basics. The 3 R’s of Successful Writing. Metropolis. Analysis. Tips on Using Your Two Hours. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. CCSS set a new comprehension goal. Close reading is not a teaching technique. It is a goal, a desired outcome: we want our children to be able to read text closely; we want them to be close readers. By Jonathan Stampfl. Lighting in film and its importance. Lighting creates special effects . Lighting sets the tone. Three point lighting . Lighting in Science Fiction Films. “A sub trope of Mood Lighting common in Science Fiction and Forensics shows. Shots are suffused with vaguely blue lighting. 2015.16. Set up your paper for Cornell Notes.. Title your notes:. Close Reading. What is Close Reading?. Close reading is a. careful . and. . purposeful reading . reading . 2. See Page 257 . for Detailed Objectives. Objectives Overview. Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 5. 3. See Page 257 . for Detailed Objectives. What Is Input?. Input. is any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer.