Summer Assignments
Chawin Pathompornvivat
Mrs. Sarr-Lewis
Advanced Placement English Language & Composition
21st August, 2013
Summer Assignments 2013
Word count: 313 words
“Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis”
Close reading informs a writer writing by revealing something new each time we read them. The process of close reading develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves. The skill called “close reading” is a fundamental for interpreting literature. Reading closely means creating a deep understanding and a precise interpretation of a literary passage that is based first and foremost on the words themselves. When you write about close reading, you start with the larger meaning you've discovered and use its smaller details- the language itself – to support the interpretation. We also consider style (body language, gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, volume, sentence structure, colloquialisms, vocabulary, etc.) when we use the method of close reading.
Everyday as we respond to people and situations, we are aware of the subject, speaker, and audience, and we instinctively respond to the context and purpose of our interactions. And when we recount a conversation or describe a situation, we often analyze it in the same way we would write about a text we have read closely. How might close reading help author develop as a writer is they can analyze the passage through the rhetorical triangle, considering the interactions of subject, speaker, and audience. Close reading can appeal to character (ethos), quality of art (pathos), and wisdom( logos). The technique of close reading provide information of word and sentence levels which can further analyze a writer's writing and thus gives us an understanding of the close-reading process and how it informs the writing of authors. Close reading is reading a book or poem so carefully, that you suddenly discover something "new and special" about the words in the poem which shows the
Mrs. Sarr-Lewis
Advanced Placement English Language & Composition
21st August, 2013
Summer Assignments 2013
Word count: 313 words
“Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis”
Close reading informs a writer writing by revealing something new each time we read them. The process of close reading develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves. The skill called “close reading” is a fundamental for interpreting literature. Reading closely means creating a deep understanding and a precise interpretation of a literary passage that is based first and foremost on the words themselves. When you write about close reading, you start with the larger meaning you've discovered and use its smaller details- the language itself – to support the interpretation. We also consider style (body language, gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, volume, sentence structure, colloquialisms, vocabulary, etc.) when we use the method of close reading.
Everyday as we respond to people and situations, we are aware of the subject, speaker, and audience, and we instinctively respond to the context and purpose of our interactions. And when we recount a conversation or describe a situation, we often analyze it in the same way we would write about a text we have read closely. How might close reading help author develop as a writer is they can analyze the passage through the rhetorical triangle, considering the interactions of subject, speaker, and audience. Close reading can appeal to character (ethos), quality of art (pathos), and wisdom( logos). The technique of close reading provide information of word and sentence levels which can further analyze a writer's writing and thus gives us an understanding of the close-reading process and how it informs the writing of authors. Close reading is reading a book or poem so carefully, that you suddenly discover something "new and special" about the words in the poem which shows the