Chapter 4 Summary Chapter 4 Lexical-Syntactical Analysis pg 116

• 7 Steps of Lexical-Syntactical Analysis

• 1. Identify the general literary form.
• 2. Trace the development of the author's theme and show how the passage under consideration fits into the context
• 3. Identify the divisions of the text.
• 4. Identify the connection words within the paragraphs and sentences and show how they aid in understanding the author's progression of thought..
• 5. Determine what the individual words mean.
• Identify the range of meaning a word possessed in its time and culture.
• Determine the single meaning intended by the author in a given account
• 6. Analyze the syntax to show how it contributes..
• 7. Put the results of your lexical-syntactical analysis into nontechnical easily understood words that clearly convey the author's meaning to the English reader.
• See Exercises 21-36 pg 117