Reading Like a Grade 10 Critic: Literature, Information and Shakespeare: Unit Review

Scanning.

Samples: before: set a purpose or use an anticipation guide; during: annotate or monitor; after: summarize or evaluate.

Any two: older or unfamiliar vocabulary, long sentences, unfamiliar context, tricky structure, layers of meaning.

The thesis is the whole text's central point; details prove or develop it.

A quotation at the start of a book or chapter; it hints at the theme or tone.

It repeats a key line in large type, stressing the message for readers who skim.

He is embarrassed about his weakening grip and doesn't want to admit he is struggling.

It is specific, relevant, and ideally more than one piece.

A front page is limited evidence; more evidence (ads, inside pages) could change the inference.

Checking that a connection deepens understanding of the text, not just notes a similarity.

Had worn them really about the same and both that morning equally lay.

Sample: they are often quoted in graduation speeches to praise being different, which misses the poem's irony that the roads were equal.

Sample: A person can feel lonely in a crowd until a small act of kindness connects them to others.

The ice storm and power outage remove screens and separate rooms, forcing the family together.

Mood = the reader's feeling; tone = the writer's or narrator's attitude.

Criteria, evidence, judgement.

No author, no date, an inaccurate claim, and a profit purpose.

Events follow from what the story set up, and characters' changes are motivated.

Every text has a perspective; bias is an unfair slant (loaded words, missing voices, stereotypes).

Beliefs, values, identity, power.

Quoted people get the power to shape the story; missing voices can make it one-sided.

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

In Flanders fields: it anchors every stanza to the place of death, like a memorial.

It concedes an opposing point.

Alliteration (hard /k/), and personification (hands).

Hope is a bird (feathers, perches, sings, never stops).

Speaking to something absent or non-human: O! wind of the west, we wait for you.

The myth of Icarus; reckless ambition that leads to a fall.

The same symbol can mean different things in different texts.

A jolt: emphasis, surprise or suspense.

Passed away = died (or let go = fired, pre-owned = used).

ir- (not) + revers(e) + -ible (able to be): cannot be undone.

The history of a word. Example: disaster = bad star; quarantine = forty days; kayak from Inuktitut qajaq.

It is set in Scotland (his homeland), features witches (his interest) and a royal murder; it also honours his claimed ancestor, Banquo.

Thane of Glamis, Thane of Cawdor, king hereafter.

Look innocent, but be deadly underneath.

He is a comic servant; prose sounds like everyday speech and breaks the tension.

Banquo's line can still become kings; Macbeth can't control the future, and his fortunes start to fall.

Macbeth wishes Banquo were present; the audience knows he arranged Banquo's murder.

It sounds like total safety, but Macduff was born by early surgical delivery (untimely ripp'd), so the promise is true in a way Macbeth didn't expect.

From Macbeth's Neptune's ocean (overwhelming guilt) to I am in blood (trapped) to Lady Macbeth's Out, damned spot! (guilt destroys her mind): guilt can't be washed away.

Any two: brief candle, walking shadow, poor player, tale told by an idiot.

In Holinshed, Banquo helps kill Duncan; Shakespeare made him innocent, likely because King James claimed descent from him.

Lady Macbeth: manhood = daring violence. Macduff: a man must also feel grief.

He is a comic servant but also witty, and his hell-gate joke tells a truth about the castle.

What strategies did I use? Which helped most, and why? What detailed steps will I take?

Sample: After each chapter, I'll write a one-sentence summary before closing the book.

Photos, maps or films of that time and place give background knowledge so you can picture the setting accurately.