Read the short story The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield.
Make annotations and notes to answer the following questions:
What is the author saying in the story? What do you see as its meaning?
How does the author create this meaning?
How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Downloadable PDF)
How to read literature like a professor (Youtube)
How and why we read (Youtube)
Tips for reading literature (Downloadable PDF)
Why literature matters (Downloadable PDF)
Assignment: Write an analytical essay /commentary on one of these texts.
Use the Big 5 method to help you.
Resources on reading and analyzing non-literary texts
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Features of several text types (Downloadable PDF)