Take notes on these terms then save with your Article of the Week PacketsReading and Responding Academic Terminology1When you close read, you observe facts and details about the text.

focus on a particular passage, or on the text as a whole

aim may be to notice all striking features of the text, or

to notice onlyselectedfeatures of the text

(this is the first step before interpreting your observations)

1. close read

"Annotating" means underlining or highlighting key words and phrases

anything that strikes you as surprising or significant, or that raises questionsand

making notes in the margins

2. annotation

authors reason for writing

Ask yourself

What is the author attempting to achieve by writing?3. authors purpose

(a.k.a., authors intent)

something that the author is trying to convince the reader of

4. claim

the act of quoting an authority on a subject5. citation/to cite

to study something closely and carefully

to learn the nature and relationship of its parts by a close and careful examination6. analysis/to analyze

clear and complete

leaving no doubt about the meaning7. explicit

a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence in a text combined with knowledge of past experiences8. inference

a brief statement of the most important information in a piece of writing9. summary

Those people you are trying to reach with your writing/speaking10. audience

the forms of expository prose used to convey a body of information about a particular subject11. genre

T.A.G.Topic (or Title) Dont forgetAudience your T.A.G.

Genre(T.A.G. your sources when writing in response to text)12. T.A.G.