This document contains active reading notes for "The Piano Lesson" with sections for literal level notes about what happened in the text and inferential/critical level notes. The inferential section is for interpretations, inferences, questions, and observations of literary devices. The critical section is for observations of why the author used certain devices and messages or insights the author aims to convey to readers. The notes are intended to help the student better understand and analyze the short story.
This document contains active reading notes for "The Piano Lesson" with sections for literal level notes about what happened in the text and inferential/critical level notes. The inferential section is for interpretations, inferences, questions, and observations of literary devices. The critical section is for observations of why the author used certain devices and messages or insights the author aims to convey to readers. The notes are intended to help the student better understand and analyze the short story.
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This document contains active reading notes for "The Piano Lesson" with sections for literal level notes about what happened in the text and inferential/critical level notes. The inferential section is for interpretations, inferences, questions, and observations of literary devices. The critical section is for observations of why the author used certain devices and messages or insights the author aims to convey to readers. The notes are intended to help the student better understand and analyze the short story.
Copyright:
Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
What was written or What happened Inferential Level: • Your intrpretation about the events that occurred • Your inferences or educated guesses based on the evidence from the text about what you noted • Your questions • Your observations of literary devices the auhtor used; simile, metaphor, symbolism, allusion, characterization (direct and indirect), plot, theme, irony, paradox, and so forth Critical Level: • Your observation of why the author used a particular literary device. (metaphor, symbolism, allusion, irony, theme, paradox and so on) • Your notes about what messages, warnings or new insight the author is trying to give his readers