WHAT IS SAID AND WHAT

IS MEANT = MY

JUDGEMENT?

Prep by Tyler Myles

Least = surface, simple reading Most = in-depth, complex reading

levels of comprehension, are presented in the

following hierarchy from the least to the most

sophisticated level of reading.

1. what is actually stated.a) Facts and details

2. Surface understanding only

3. Common questions used to illicit this type of thinking are who, what, when, and where questions

4. TESTS in this category are objective tests dealing with true / false, multiple choice and fill-in-the blank questions.

1. what is implied or meant, rather than what is actually stated.

2. Drawing inferences

3. Tapping into prior knowledge / experience

4. Attaching new learning to old information

5. Making logical leaps and educated guesses

6. Reading between the lines to determine what is meant by what is stated.

7. Why, what if, how

LITERAL- what is said / face

value

INTERPRETIVE- what is meant by what is said/ behind the mask

Application

1. - taking what was said(literal) and then what was meant by what was said (interpretive) and then extend (apply) the concepts or ideas beyond the situation.

A. Analyzing

B. Synthesizing

2. In this level we are analyzing or synthesizinginformation and applying it to other information

• Applying the given information

• Analysis

– Deconstructing complex concepts

• Synthesis

– Combining several concepts into a whole

•

Evaluative – judgment based on

Reality or fantasy

Fact or opinion

Validity

Appropriateness

Worth acceptable

desirable ideas

Comparisons

Cause and effect

Judging the value of

an idea and

providing support for

your conclusion

Has 3 rhetorical modes

Poetry, Prose writing, Drama

Written discourse

Which are separated into

The elements of

Poetry Prose Drama

Stanzas Rhyme

Rhythms which are different from everyday speech

Metre, Lineation, Diction, Tone and Mood

Description Narration

Narrative Technique, Point of View,

Characterization, Setting, Theme, Plot and Style.

Act, Scene, Exposition, Conflict, Complication, Climax,

Denouement (unravelling/resolution of plot). Peripetia (reversal of Fortune) Characterisation, Protagonist and Antagonist, Main Plot and

Subplot.

the functions of the rhetorical

modes

Description

Narration

To describe things seen or

perceived

To relate events

Prose writing

A literary

medium

which

generally

speaking

has a close

identificatio

n with the

patterns

and

rhythms of

everyday

speech(Macdonald, Fields,

Roberts 1997)

Broadly speaking divided in two

Types of writing

Artistic

Technical specific

In the literary text which are we

interested in?

In the academic text on literature

which are we interested in?

What is said: DRAMA

You will be

given an Act

from one of

Shakespear

e’s plays to

read

Skim and Scan the scene/act/play

for …

Examples/references of all

elements of drama

Summarise the events of the

scene/act/play in one sentence

Write a sentence that articulates

your view about each element,

ensure that the connection between

your example and reference is

clear., ensure that the example or

reference supports your view as

stated.

Commentary

Act,

Scene,

Exposition,

Conflict,

Complication

,

Climax,

Denouement

.

Commentary

Peripetia

(reversal of

Fortune)

Characteri-

sation,

Protagonist

and

Antagonist,

Main Plot

and Subplot.

Evaluation

After you have completed this

identification and referencing of the

elements of drama

Say which element you think was

handled most proficiently, which

element’s presentation you most

liked

And why

What is Said Poetry

Skim and Scan the extract

From your given poem/stanza

Identify the elements of poetry present in the extract

Summarise the events of the stanza/poem in one sentence

Stanza

Rhyme

Rhythm

Metre

Lineation

Diction

Tone

Mood

Evaluation

Write a sentence that articulates your view about each element, ensure that the connection between your example and reference is clear., ensure that the example or reference supports your view as stated.

Commentary

After you have completed this identification and referencing of the elements of poetry present in your extract

Say which element you think was handled most proficiently, which element’s presentation you most liked

And why

PROSE

Prose

The literal

From your given prose extract

Identify the elements of prose present in

the extract

Summarise the events of the extract in

one sentence

Elements of Prose

Narrative Technique,

Point of View,

Characterization,

Setting,

Theme,

Plot

Style.

Evaluation

Write a sentence that articulates your view

about each element, ensure that the

connection between your example and

reference is clear., ensure that the

example or reference supports your view

as stated.

Commentary

After you have completed this

identification and referencing of the

elements of poetry present in your extract

Say which element you think was handled

most proficiently, which element’s

presentation you most liked

And why

The literal level

What elements of the respective genre are

present in your extract / literary work ?

Application level

What explanation for the use of the

specific element of the genre you are

reviewing seem logical and reasonable?

What inferences can be drawn based on

the elements used and their logical and

reasonable explanations?

Evaluation

What judgment can you articulate based

on your literal and application levels of

interpretation?

Notes and Questions