English 10 Jenkins Unit 1

1. Unit #1
Critical Reading

2. Unit #1: How do readers effectively analyze literature?
What is critical
reading?
How do we analyze a
text?
How do we use what we
know to make inferences
and draw conclusions?
How do we form a valid
interpretation?
How do we construct a valid
analysis?
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critical reading
analyze
annotate
inferences
drawing conclusions
literal meaning
figurative meaning
analysis
textual evidence
direct quotes

3. critical reading
Reading to
understand what the
text means, not just
what it says

4. analyze
To examine a text
closely to find clues to
discover the deeper
meaning

5. annotate
Methodically marking
up the text to reflect
your critical thinking

6. inference
Prior/background
knowledge
+
Clues in the text

7. drawing conclusions
Finding patterns in
the details of the
text that show
meaning
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One of these things is not like the others

8. literal meaning
Simple, exact
word-for-word
meaning;
to mean exactly
what is said

9. figurative meaning
To obtain meaning
through what is
implied, not what is
directly stated
Not meant to be
taken as stated

10. analysis
A verbal or written
interpretation of a
text based on
analyzing its
meaning

11. textual evidence
Places in the text
that support a
reader’s ideas

12. direct quote
Placing a word-for-
word copy of the
text in quotation
marks to use it in
your own writing.
According to the text, “it
was a dark and stormy
night.”