1. CIDES: A Guide to Annotation
English II

2. 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