CIDES: A Guide to Annotation English II 2010-2011
C I D E S C I D E S ONNECT DENTIFY EFINE XPLAIN UMMARIZE • your reading to other works of literature or your personal experience C I DENTIFY • patterns in the text (reoccurring symbols, motifs, ideas, phrases) imagery and/or figurative language (similes, metaphors and personification) passages that indicate the author’s tone or mood I D D EFINE • difficult and unfamiliar words key terms or phrases E • E XPLAIN a character’s behavior and/or motivations historical or cultural traditions S UMMARIZE • difficult passages key events your predictions S