EFFECTIVE ANNOTATIONS AP Lang Comp ANNOTATIONS FORMAT HEADING

EFFECTIVE ANNOTATIONS AP Lang & Comp

ANNOTATIONS FORMAT • HEADING: • Name • Teacher’s name • Course Title • Due date • Ex: 15 October 2018 • TITLE: • Centered on line below the date • HEADER: • Last name and page number in upper right corner of each page • EX: Gomez 1 • IF TYPING: • Times New Roman • 12 pt. font • 1” margins on all sides • Single space annotations • Double space between annotations • Number each annotation • IF HANDWRITING: • Legible handwriting • Single space annotations • Double space between annotations • Number each annotation

ANNOTATIONS EXPECTATIONS • Write the page or paragraph number before the quotation. • EX: 1. ) Par. 3 “Quotation. ” Analysis. • You do not have to write out the entire quotation if it’s too long. • You only need to include the item you wish to analyze, but make sure it has some context and not just one word. • Your analysis of the quotation must be in complete sentences with regard to grammar, spelling, capitalization, etc. • You may use 1 st person in your analysis. • You MUST explain the purpose/ effectiveness of the literary or rhetorical device • Try to annotate more than mere literary terms. Try to also find rhetorical devices, interesting diction, meaningful syntactical arrangements, mood or tone shifts, complex parallelism, persuasive appeals, and thematic insight. • If you ask a question, you must try to predict an answer! • If you annotate a literary device, you MUST underline it and apply an adjective before it. • Ex: p. 17 – “The grainy air. The taste of it never left your mouth. ” Dirty, invasive imagery emphasizes that the air is not clean. I can almost taste the ash, illustrating the effective imagery. This imagery also works to get the reader to understand the oppressive nature of the polluted air.

EFFECTIVE EXAMPLE OF A LIT. TERM 3. ) p. 6 “‘Are you going in the water, see • Why is this effective? more glass’…‘Hey. Hello, Sybil. ’” This is a • It underlines the literary term in the quote prophetic allusion to Greek mythology. AND in the annotation. Sybil in Greek myth could see the future. • It provides a suitable adjective before the Similarly, Sybil Carpenter and Seymour can literary device. see things others can’t. They both view the • It explains what the allusion is referencing— world differently than the rest of society a must for allusions! does and have great imaginations: Sybil, because she is an innocent child and • Who Sybil was in Greek mythology Seymour because of his post-traumatic state. • It connects the allusion to the character. Knowing this helps the reader understand • It analyzes the purpose of the literary device. why Sybil and Seymour seem to realize • To understand what Sybil and Seymour have what is important in life and why they in common—their view of the world value each other.

EFFECTIVE EXAMPLE OF DICTION 7. ) p. 6 “Mrs. Carpenter was putting sun-tan oil on Sybil’s shoulders, spreading it down over the delicate, wing-like blades of her back. ” This angelic diction is used to compare Sybil to a sweet cherub. Even her blond hair is meant connote her biblical innocence from a higher realm. Perhaps this is why Seymour is able to feel attached to Sybil in a powerful way. • Why is this effective? • It underlines the stylistic choices in the quote AND in the annotation. • It provides a suitable adjective before the specific stylistic choice. • angelic • It explains the purpose of the stylistic choice. • to compare Sybil to an angel • It explains the effect of the stylistic choice. • to arouse feelings of biblical innocence

EFFECTIVE EXAMPLE OF SYNTAX • Why is this effective? 10. ) p. 11 “Then he went over and sat down • It underlines the stylistic choice in the on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the annotation. girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet • It provides a suitable adjective before through his right temple. ” This controlled specific stylistic choice. syntax and emotionless tone emulate how • controlled systematic and detached Seymour is in this moment. The five sequential events are • It explains the purpose of the stylistic listed in one long sentence to portray the choice. methodical fluidity with which he committed • to emulate the character’s robotic suicide. actions and detached/emotionless state of mind • It explains the effect of the stylistic choice. • to portray five acts as one movement, a process void of emotion