Analytic Reading Questions

Personal Response Questions How does the work make you feel? Why? What personal experiences came to your mind as you read the work? How did you feel about those experiences? Textual Rhetorical Questions Audience What does the tone and word choice tell you about this piece? Who do you think it is written for? Why do you think that the author wrote for the audience you identified abo!e? "udging by the piece you read# what does the audience the author wrote for seem to !alue? $%o they want logical arguments# beautiful language# something else?& 'ain (dea What is, in your own words, the main idea for the piece? $There is no RIGHT answer here)& %oes this piece remind you of another piece you*!e read somewhere else? (f so# then how? What passages and details in the work best express the main of the piece? %oes the main idea challenge your !alues or reinforce them? +anguage Author*s ,tyle What is the significance of the works title? How does the writer*s language affect the work*s tone? How would you characteri-e its o!erall effect.light/hearted# mysterious# sentimental# ironic# or ob0ecti!e? How would you describe the word choice.formal or informal? 1olorful or plain? Are sentences or lines long and complex# or short and concise? What kinds of imagery does the author use# if any? How does the imagery contribute to the work as a whole?