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Analyzing the Selection

Analyzing the Selection. Chapter 2. Structural Components. Denotative meaning Explicit meaning Connotative meaning Suggestions, overtones Persona The narrator Locus Physical & psychological state. Structural Components, cont’d. Climax Logical content Repetition Rhyme

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Analyzing the Selection

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  1. Analyzing the Selection Chapter 2

  2. Structural Components • Denotative meaning • Explicit meaning • Connotative meaning • Suggestions, overtones • Persona • The narrator • Locus • Physical & psychological state

  3. Structural Components, cont’d • Climax • Logical content • Repetition • Rhyme • Emotional content

  4. Aesthetic Components • Unity • What hold the piece together • Ex. Persona, Locus • Connectives: and, then, later… • Harmony • Sentence structure • layout

  5. Aesthetic Components, Cont’d • Variety • Associations are similar, but different (ex. Twins) • Contrast • Associations are opposite/different (Ex. “the Quiet noise”

  6. Aesthetic Components, Cont’d • Balance & proportions • Rhythm • Stressed & Unstressed syllables • Rhythm Content

  7. Technical Challenges • Preparing script • Using Excerpts • Placing action • Introduction • Author of selection • Prepare audience for events • Establishes persona • Adopting author’s language

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