But without classes, close reading itself became absent, and I soon realized that it wasn’t necessarily literature itself that sustains me — it must also include the subsequent act of analysis.

Tips for Successful Close Reading Reading Tips: Read the assignment guidelines carefully. If you have been assigned a close reading as an assignment, circle keywords or ideas that the professor uses ...

To be clear, the current preoccupation with reading, and by extension close reading, Guillory stresses, is not the result of a widespread loss of ability to pay attention, as some observers fear.

These comments are addressed to the context of the Close Reading Essay, but I have found the basic technique adaptable to the other course assignments. To begin the process, I first assign a Peer ...

Julian Novitz has contributed seven essays to the Sydney Review of Books between 2013-2022. Critic Swallows Book collects 22 diverse essays from the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) to celebrate its ...

A ‘close reading’ of the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” demonstrates the utter inadequacy of this simplified and sanitized view of history.

An 11-year-old winner of the New York Public Library’s summer reading essay contest on Sharon Draper’s novel Blended. By Audrey Hall. Aug 14, 2019 5:45 AM. Photo illustration by Slate.

Critic Swallows Book collects 22 diverse essays from the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Established in 2013, th Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...