Annotating

Annotating

“Marking up the text”

Why it’s Important

● To help the reader understand what they’re reading

● Easier to locate textual evidence when you need to reference it

What You Can Annotate
● Forms of figurative language
● Types of Conflict
● Repeated words/phrases
● Point of View
● Add your own thoughts that help you understand the text
● Words you don't know

Figurative Language

● Metaphor: compare without like or as
● Simile: compare with like or as
● Alliteration: repeating of consonant sounds

● Onomatopoeia: “sound” words

Figurative Language

● Hyperbole: extreme exaggeration
● Idiom: phrase that has non-literal meaning ("raining cats and dogs")

● Personification: giving human traits to non-humans

Multiple Choice

What is "annotating"?

• Marking up the text

• Marking ONLY figurative language

• Underlining

• Highlighting

Multiple Select

Why is it important?

• To make my paper colorful

• Because the teacher said so

• To better my understanding

• To find textual evidence easier

Multiple Choice

What would you underline in the following sentence: "I think Oxford commas are important because, without them, the subject could be taking on too much. For example, if I were to write "My heroes are my grandparents, Batman and Wonder Woman," without the Oxford comma, it would seem like my grandparents ARE those superheroes."'

• Batman and Wonder Woman because they're cool

• Oxford comma because I don't know what it is

• Grandparents because I love my grandparents

• Nothing

Multiple Select

What are a few types of conflict?

• Man vs. Dog

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Technology

• Man vs. Nature

Drag and Drop

The use of "I" is ​

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The use of "he" and "she" is ​

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The narrator knowing the thoughts of 1-2 characters is ​

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The narrator knowing the thoughts of all characters is ​

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1st person p.o.v.

2nd person p.o.v.

3rd person limited p.o.v.

3rd person omniscient p.o.v.