Reading and annotating for choices
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How many times should you read the text?
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Twice — once for gist, once with a pen for choices.
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Annotate for plot or for choices?
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For choices and their effects — never plot summary.
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What does each margin note record?
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The effect of the choice, in one word.
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What should you circle?
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Shifts / turns — where tone, tense or focus changes.
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What is the first read for?
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The gist — subject, audience, overall tone (no pen).
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Why annotate before writing?
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It front-loads thinking so writing is fast and focused.
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What becomes your essay plan?
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Your margin notes — the choice+effect marks.
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Kinds of choice to hunt?
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Word choice, imagery, sentence length, structure, layout.
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Common mistake?
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Underlining lines but writing summaries, not effects.
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Why are ‘turns’ valuable?
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A shift in tone/focus is a deliberate structural choice, rich to analyse.
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