Lesson 3

Principles of
Critical Reading
 Explain how a selection
Learning may be influenced by
Competency 1 culture, history,
environment, or other
factors (EN10LT-IIIe-3,
EN10LT-IIIf-3).
Learning Explain the literary
Competency devices used in
2
narratives
(EN10LT-IIIb-2.2.2).
 Objectives

● explain the nature and importance of

critical reading; and,

● identify the literary devices used in a

narrative;
Essential Question

How can we use our knowledge of

the principles of critical reading in
reading narrative texts critically?
Essential Question

How do literary devices contribute to

the meaning of the narrative?
 Warm Up!

Complete the chart.

Give some ways on
how you will be able
to understand and
interpret a story
more substantially.
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Principles of
Critical Reading
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● Prereading
- conducting research about the
milieu of the text, as well as looking
into the unfamiliar words in the text
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● Reading for the Literal Meaning

- familiarizing oneself with the
vocabulary, sentence structures, and
figurative language that contribute to
the meaning of the narrative
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● Annotating
- writing one’s thoughts, reactions,
questions, and identified key ideas in
the text
 THINGS TO
NOTE:
• Questions
• Recurring Themes or Symbols
• Your Favorite Quotes or
Passages
• Unfamiliar Words
• Connections to Other Texts
• Connections to the Real World
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● Reading for the implied meaning

- looking into how sentences function
in the paragraph as well as identifying
how symbols and images contribute to
the meaning of the text
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● Summarizing
- noting the key ideas and main
ideas of the narrative
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● Analyzing
- making meaning from the text and
relating it to human experiences
Literary Devices in
Narratives
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● Situational irony
- an event in a story wherein what
happens is the opposite of what is
expected to happen
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● Symbolism
- use of concrete objects to
represent abstract ideas
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● Flashback
- an interruption in the movement of
a plot to recall a past event that is
significant to the present events
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● Foreshadowing
- a hint or idea given by the writer so
that readers will have an idea as to
what will happen in the story
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● Imagery
- details in the selection that create
vivid images in the mind of the
readers through the use of words or
expressions that appeal to the
senses