| observation | The act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way. |
| interpretation | explanation of something not obvious or not meaning the same thing to everyone |
| critique | A detailed analysis and assessment. |
| constructive | useful, wanting to improve |
| theme | A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work. |
| characterization | Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character’s personality to the reader. |
| tone | Attitudes and presuppositions of the author that are revealed by their linguistic choices (diction, syntax, rhetorical devices) |
| plot | Sequence of events in a literary work |
| supporting evidence | clues, or evidence, from the work to come to a decision about its meaning |
| perspective | (n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance |
| controversial | arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement |
| observe | You read a text and observe the author’s choices. |
| question | to pose questions about what is observed, Ask, “Why did the author make that choice?” |
| analyze | Think of the reasons why the author might have made that choice: |
| evaluate | Judge and decide what the author accomplishes by making those decisions. |
| plot development | the sequence of events in a story and it is generally built around a conflict, and it tells what happens, when, and to whom. it usually includes four stages, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action. |
| composition | the pieces of which something is made |
| movement | motion |
| source text | original text, source of inspiration |
| inspiration | the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. |
| symbols | Terms, concepts, or items that represent specific meanings by accepted convention. Symbols are culturally specific. |
| landscape | scenery |
| audience | spectators or listeners |
| synthesis | The combination of parts to make a whole |
| … | … |
1.11 English 4: Macbeth: Observation, Interpretation and Critique (English Only)
August 25, 2019