1.3 - Close Reading Strategies
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Practice Questions
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What is annotation?
💡 Hint: Think about how you might interact with a text while reading.
What is textual evidence?
💡 Hint: Recall how you would use text to back up your opinion.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the purpose of close reading?
💡 Hint: Think about the value of engagement with the text.
True or False: Annotation is just highlighting important phrases.
💡 Hint: Consider how you might expand your interaction with the text beyond simple highlighting.
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Challenge Problems
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You are given a passage from a poem. Develop an annotated version that identifies at least three literary devices, provides textual evidence, and notes your emotional reaction.
💡 Hint: Consider how these devices work together to create meaning in the poem.
Compose a critical analysis that forms an argument based on a specific character's development over the course of a story, using textual evidence to support your claim.
💡 Hint: Structure your analysis around clear thematic connections.
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