Annotating Poetry

The purpose of annotating is to...

• make an assumption about what is being read

• make us do more work than we should be doing in English

• highlight the text word for word

• allow you to interact with, understand, and think about what the text is saying

Annotation slows down the reader in order to deepen understanding

• True 

• False

Annotating is a type of

• Note taking strategy

• Multiple choice test

• Writing activity

• None of the above

Annotating is defined as...

• highlighting the entire text.

• markings/notes made on a text as you read it.

• summarizing the title. 

• taking notes about the main idea. 

How do you annotate a poem?

• Label the parts of the plot

• TPFASTT

• Write the main idea for each paragraph and underline SD

• You don’t annotate it.

The action of annotating a poem is also known as...

• Scansion

• Replaying

• Poiesis

Annotation requires

• Personal notes about the subject matter

• Identification of figurative language

• Identification of unknown words

• All of the above

Highlighting words on a text, even digitally, and making notes to yourself as you read and reread, is called...

• a waste of time

• annotation

• grafitti

• strategic success plan

Use TPFASTT to analyze

• poetry

• fiction

• a speech

• a letter

The "P" in TPFASTT stands for

• punctuation

• point of view

• paraphrase

• problem