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Annotation = a dialog with the text Annotation = notes about the text Annotation = an analysis of the

text

NOTE: Annotation can and should be an active process when reading critically

“The Knife”

Give annotation a try Using the annotation tips as a

guidelines:Highlight/mark/underline words and

phrasesMake notes (analytical responses) in the

marginsBe prepared to discuss

Analyzing Style Diction

Word ChoiceThe Knife: Medical Terms, Religious References

Imagery (and Figurative Language)Descriptions that appeal to the five sensesThe Knife: Religious imagery, color imagery,

personification, simile

SyntaxSentence Structure

ToneThe author’s or speaker’s attitude

The KnifeSyntax Analysis

1. Number the sentences.2. Determine sentence length (count

words)3. Determine sentence type:

Fragment (missing subject, predicate, or complete thought)

Simple (one subject, one verb)

Compound (two independent clauses)

Complex (one or more dependent clauses, one independent clause)

Compound-Complex (one or more dependent clauses, at least two independent clauses)

The KnifeSyntax Analysis (Length)

1. 122. 93. 194. 215. 326. 497. 48. 179. 13

10. 1211. 912. 513. 1814. 215. 1116. 717. 1318. 4

19. 1020. 2421. 1222. 1523. 3624. 725. 526. 627. 15

“The Knife”Sentence Types

1. A stillness settles in my heart and is carried to

my hand.

2. It is the quietude of resolve layered over fear.

3. And it is this resolve that lowers us, my knife

and me, deeper and deeper into the person

beneath.

Key:SubjectVerbCoordinating ConjunctionSubordinate Conjunction

S

S

CX

“The Knife”Sentence Types

4. It is an entry into the body that is nothing like a

caress; still, it is among the gentlest of acts.

5. Then strong and strong again, and we are joined

by other instruments, hemostats and forceps,

until the wound blooms with strange flowers

whose looped handles fall to the sides in a

steely array.

Key:SubjectVerbCoordinating ConjunctionSubordinate Conjunction

CMCX

CX

“The Knife”Sentence Types

6. There is sound, the tight click of clamps fixing

teeth into severed blood vessels, the snuffle and

gargle of the suction machine clearing the field of

blood for the next stroke, the litany of

monosyllables with which one prays his way

down and in: clamp, sponge, suture, tie, cut.

7. And there is color.

8. The green of the cloth, the white of the sponges,

the red and yellow of the body.

Key:SubjectVerbCoordinating ConjunctionSubordinate Conjunction

CX

S

F

Author’s Style

The way the author uses WORDS

Think of FASHIONformal or dressyinformal or casualtrendy, preppysporty or athletic

Authors “dress up” their message through their LITERARY STYLE

Analyzing STYLEMETHOD: Building Materials

MEANING: The House

Diction (word choice) Syntax (sentence

structure) Imagery (sensory

details) Figurative Language

Tone author’s or speaker’s

attitude about a subject or character

Theme universal truth or

message conveyed through the literature

Short Story Unit

Thematic Focus: REVENGE1. An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

-Gandhi

2. Don’t get mad; get even.-Robert F. Kennedy

3. She got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.

-Ralph McGill

4. Success is the sweetest revenge.-Vanessa Williams

5. Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.-Austin O’Malley

Revenge QuotesQuotation: Interpretatio

n of Quote:Agree/Disagree

Reason for Agreement or Disagreement:

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”

“Don’t get mad, get even.”

“She got even in a what that was almost cruel. She forgave them.”

“Success is the sweetest revenge.”

“Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.”

Personal Response

Draft a response in which you express your feelings about revenge. Include a personal reflection about a time when you had a choice about taking revenge or when you were the recipient of someone’s vengeful attitude. Use one of the quotes in your response as textual evidence.

Requirement: 5 Sentences