I.O.C Format for Literary Passage – One Approach INTRODUCTION: Context Period & Setting Setting – key factors factors to understanding understanding the the text and writer writer - Time Period - Context of passage/poem: What happened before this !fter this P"ace in body of work #rief Summary - $%era"" what is the passage about What's happening Who's in%o"%ed
T!"#I#: o%era"" (big idea) of the passage – What does it say how does it say it and what is the *++*CT on the reader $OD% – Ana&ysis: !, The #-. P-CT P-CT0*: 0*: Purpose Purpose & Theme Theme - What is the P0P$S* of this passage - What T1*2*S are de%e"oped in this passage - What do you "earn from this passage - Why is this passage important - 1ow does the purpose and meaning of this passage 3t into the no%e" or p"ay as a who"e - Pu"" "ines to pro%e a"" of this Characters - 4etai"ed ana"ysis: character de%e"opment Change in character 0e"ationships Con5icts - Pu"" "ines to pro%e #, Tone -
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Writer's fee"ings towards the sub6ect/issues 7note changes in tone – %o"ta – and why8 Pu"" out ad6ecti%es key words that con%ey the writer's fee"ings and mood - Why is this important to know - 1ow does this support the theme
C, 9iterary & Sty"istic 4e%ices – use correct correct "iterary "iterary termino"ogy termino"ogy - Connotati%e 4iction - Writing sty"e of author 7syntax grammar punctuation8 - +igurati%e 9anguage 72etaphors simi"es imagery sounds of words 6uxtaposition8 6uxtaposition8 - identify and exp"ain *++*CTS - Symbo"s a""usions etc, - identify and exp"ain *++*CTS 4, Stru Struct ctur ure e Structure 7paragraphs syntax stan;as "ines poetic form meter8 - Structure - identify and exp"ain *++*CTS
CONCLU#ION: picture - 9inks to other parts of the work/bigger picture 0e
