The Literary Analysis: Active Reading

The mental processes that highly effective readers use when approaching reading.

Those reading strategies that require a reader to read critically by focusing on the material to help with understanding and to actively engage with the material.

The act of being aware of one's own thought process when reading.

Not used during the Literary analysis process.

Making notes about literary devices encountered in the text.

Summarize complex, or long, passages,

Ask questions or make predictions.

Underline or highlight key words and phrases as you read.

to help the reader visualize the text.

to help the reader make personal connections to the text.

to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the text.

because its use is stressed at the university level.

touch

taste

smell

sight

hearing

The exposition.

The rising action.

The climax.

The falling action.

the audience is able to know and see everything about each character.

the audience is able to see into the minds of a single or multiple characters.

it creates a stronger relationship and bond between the audience and characters.

it provides the reader with a list that allows them to complete some procedure.