The need to comment on the text can cause the effect “I understand everything, but I cannot say”. This is not due to the lack of thoughts, but to the ability to organize them. A statement plan will help you solve the problem.
Instructions
Step 1
The commentary to the text will be a brief analysis of it. Before you start compiling it, decide by what criteria you evaluate the text. The further direction of reasoning will depend on this.
Step 2
You can consider separately the content of the text. That is, pay attention to the topic or problem that it touches on. At the same time, you have two ways to structure your thoughts: to respond to one question out of many, or to consider all the topics that you found in the text at once. At the beginning of the comment, state how you understood the topic / problem so that it is clear what you are talking about. Then list the most important aspects of the problem and indicate the pros and cons of the author's way of disclosing it. Tell us what you disagree with and give reasons for your thesis.
Step 3
The next option for composing a comment is to evaluate the text in terms of its form. It is used in cases where the form is really unusual or claims to be such. Such a commentary requires its author to have in-depth knowledge of the topic, since it will be necessary not only to express his assessment, but also to justify it: cite the statements of authoritative sources and compare the text with examples from history and the present.
Step 4
A deeper analysis can be obtained by comparing form and content. In this case, write in the comments what tasks, in your opinion, the text solves and what techniques from the point of view of the form were used for this. How sufficient and appropriate they are for the semantic content that you have read.
Step 5
The figure of the author in the text can also become an object of attention. Tell us how a real author (that is, a living person with a certain biography) relates to the narrator in the text, how much their points of view coincide, and what this interaction leads to. In comments of this kind, it is important not to get personal, to perceive the person who wrote the text, and his alter-ego in the work, somewhat detached.
Step 6
Finally, you can perceive the text as a piece of reality. Comment on its relevance in specific social and political conditions, compare with other works on similar topics. Analyze how the author contributed to the disclosure of the issue in comparison with the entire history of its study. When writing comments of this type, make sure that each of your conclusions is supported by a sufficient number of arguments.
