Analyzing Text / Observation Ch 3 and 4

When analyzing a text, what should you look for to identify a figure of speech?

• The antecedent for each pronoun

• Expressions that convey an image, using words in a sense other than the literal sense

• Whether a verb is past, present, or future; active or passive

• Terms that join units, like and, but, for

When looking at verbs in a text, what aspects should be noted?

• If the verb is past, present, or future; active or passive; and if it's an imperative

• If the verb is a conjunction

• If the verb is used in a non-literal sense

• The number of items the verb lists

Which type of statement usually allows the insertion of the phrase "in order that"?

• Questions and Answers

• Dialogue

• Purpose/result statements

• Means

Words and phrases that repeat.

• Figure of Speech

• Contrast

• Repetition

• Comparison

Ideas, individuals, and/or items that are contrasted with each other. Look for differences.

• Verbs

• Lists

• Compare

• Contrasts

Ideas, individuals, and/or items that are compared with each other. Look also for similarities.

• Contrasts

• Comparisons

• Lists

• Verbs

Note where the text mentions more than two items.

• Cause and Effect

• List

• Sentence

• Verbs

There may be more than one effect from a single cause mentioned in the text.

• Conditional Clause

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Opinion

Terms that join units, like and, but, for. Note what they are connecting.

• List

• Adjective

• Conjunctions

• Combination Clauses

Examples include: that, this, what, which, who, whom, he, she, I, we

• Pronoun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun