Close reading

How does the Common Core State Standards Initiative define close reading?

• As a method to speculate on the text's effect on the reader.

• As a process to uncover underlying ideologies.

• As reading with attention to make logical inferences, citing textual evidence.

• As a way to produce new knowledge from a text.

What is close reading primarily considered by literary scholars?

• A mode of analysis

• A way to summarize text content

• A method for finding the single correct meaning

• A technique to speculate on the reader's emotional response

What is the first step in the close reading process?

• Interpret the text.

• Observe the text.

• Make an argument about the text.

• Speculate on the text's meaning.

What is the second step in the close reading process?

• Summarize the main points.

• Annotate the margins.

• Interpret what you noticed.

• Collect secondary sources.

Which of the following is NOT considered a characteristic of close reading?

• Focusing solely on summarizing the text's content.

• Uncovering a text's underlying ideologies.

• Making new knowledge from interactions with a text.

• Being grounded in the text itself.