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Writing starts with READING. While you are reading a text for meaning, you should be keeping note of how the words relate to each other - this will allow you to determine patterns and thus, meaning.
Writing starts with READING. While you are reading a text for meaning, you should be keeping note of how the words relate to each other - this will allow you to determine patterns and thus, meaning.
In the example above, using Anais Nin's "Risk," you can see how paying attention to diction and detail is important to figuring out the meaning of the poem.
*NOTE: Not all of the words are annotated in the margins (you would need to annotate every word your circle or underline).
Writing starts with READING. While you are reading a text for meaning, you should be keeping note of the shifts in the tone of the piece, or how the text naturally divides itself into different kernels of meaning. These will help you to determine the various patterns.
Writing starts with READING. While you are reading a text for meaning, you should be keeping note of the shifts in the tone of the piece, or how the text naturally divides itself into different kernels of meaning. These will help you to determine the various patterns.
Often times, you will see that patterns connect and overlap. That's good - pay particular attention to these.
Often times, you will see that patterns connect and overlap. That's good - pay particular attention to these.
Decide what the author wanted to tell the reader about these patterns. One pattern could potentially have different meanings, so it is important to make this clear.
Decide what the author wanted to tell the reader about these patterns. One pattern could potentially have different meanings, so it is important to make this clear.
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