Annotation Resources: An Incomplete List
Some Features to Look for While Annotating
Use this list a a reminder of some of the feature to look for in text while annotating.
Elements of Plot
Characterization (change, flat/round)
Exposition
Rising action
Problem
Climax
Falling action
Solution
Resolution
Theme (Big Ideas, lesson taught)
Connections
text-to-self, text-to-world, text-to-text connections, summary statements
imagery (words, phrases that create a picture in your head)
diction (word choice, describing words, meaningful verbs)
Symbolism (an object that represents something other than itself, related to theme)
Irony
dramatic, situational, verbal
Literary techniques
allusion
logos/ethos/pathos
hyperbole
understatement
Structure
loose/periodic
natural order of sentence/inverted order
ellipsis
parallel structure (sentences, paragraphs, plot)
repetition
power of 3
rhetorical question, rhetorical fragment
Figurative language
simile, metaphor, extrended metaphor (a metaphor that is developed over a series of sentences or paragraphs) personification
Sound Devices
alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia
