Essays on Close Reading

Article Reflection

The article that will be reviewed is “Close Reading in Elementary Schools”. The article is about a qualitative research on close reading and how it can be adapted by elementary schools.

The hypothesis that is being tested is whether close reading is an appropriate instructional routine for elementary students. The research methodology used by the authors is the observation of teachers from different grade levels, who taught different subjects and who are willing to explore close reading. The results of the study reveal the key features that must be addressed if close reading is to be implemented in elementary ...

- Original Concept “Last Man” was inspired by Frederic Brown’s (1948) “Knock”, which Brown based on the three-sentence short-short story written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and is about the last man on Earth following the Zan’s annihilation of living things in the planet. The “Last Man” follows Isaac as the last man on earth who refuses to forget about his family that was since long gone. Brown’s work was an inspiration because the plot narrative, although brief, offered an opportunity to create a different take of the story. Film, as a medium, works best in the project ...

An effective essay requires that the writer first reads and understands the instructions, then begin the writing process by writing an outline of the essay. Ensuring that the outline touches all the aspects required according to instructions, he/she should write the essay by elaborating each of the points in the outline. The language of the essay should be clear, simple and concise language without grammar errors and spelling mistakes. When the essay is complete, the writer should read the questions again and read the essay to ensure that it addresses every point. Lastly the writer should have someone ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a close reading of a specific paragraph from the short story by Katherine Mansfield ‘The Woman at the store’. The paragraph which has been chosen to be presented in this essay is the one of the first meeting of the three men with the Woman, the main female figure and protagonist of this short story. It is a paragraph which describes the situation of confronting each other. The essay is structured in three steps. Each step emphasizes and highlights one particular aspect of the essay. The first step is the writing of ...

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Background of the Study

A useful lesson to illustrate a major pedagogical theory in education involves a close reading lesson given in the ninth grade English class. Many high schools English teachers report that their students lack the skill of reading a passage, whether fiction or non-fiction, and successfully draw inferences and figurative meanings or even critically analyze the readings. These figurative meanings are crucial to understanding the rhetorical argument of the piece, making this a vital skill. Furthermore, writing is also as complex a learning activity as reading that fosters the act of critically arranging the words to make perfect sense.

Theoretical Framework

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Introduction

One of the approaches in literary analysis involves a closet reading of texts. Essentially, a close reading involves a thorough analysis of texts towards the goal of scrutinizing all details that relate the connotative and denotative meaning of various literary works. As an approach, a close of reading of text is called formalism or new criticism. Formalism as an approach in literary analysis focuses on the intrinsic nature of texts. Texts become independent in that its significance and value lay in the content or more specifically the choice of words and the arrangement of these words in literature. Since formalism derives meaning from ...

Report 1: Close Reading, Writing and Culture

McCaw, N. (2008, Jan 02). Close Reading, Writing and Culture. Retrieved October 13, 2013 http://ehis.ebscohost.com.libproxy.udayton.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=4023b08f-61f3-4eea-a37f-a87634540d68%40sessionmgr110&vid=1&hid=109

Summary

In this article, Neil McCaw examines the impact and status of close reading practice. The author argues his viewpoint based on the Discipline of Creative Writing. He claims that extremely narrow, practice based kinds of textual interpretations dominate writing workshops. Because of the narrow scope of the textual interpretations, the context of a broader sense of student learning and writing skills becomes limited. He reiterates in his article that reading culture needs to broaden in order to take into account a wider sense of ...

The landlord’s strongest position arises out of the Lease Agreement dated November 1, 2005, together with the Smoke Detector Agreement dated the same day (attached as Exhibits A & B, respectively), taken together with the tenant’s undisputed actions from the facts given. 1. Affidavits from both the electrician (later identified as Lech Triscian) and the landlord (attached as Exhibits C & D, respectively) which outlines what was observed when they entered the premises, specifically; A. The occupants appeared to include the person who was in the premises when the landlord and the electrician entered, which would violate ...

Text Used

First and Second paragraph page 1 Body of Essay This close reading essay takes the first two paragraphs of the first page. Among the things of key interest that this essay seeks to observe in these two paragraphs includes its rhetorical features, the structural elements of the text, references of culture alluded in the two paragraphs, and historical elements. These elements will be fundamental in laying out a basis upon which key patterns within the text can be identified. After the identifications of key patterns of the above mentioned elements this close reading essay seeks to give interpretations ...

The term close reading is quite self-explanatory, as it refers to a detailed observation and analysis of any piece of writing (in this case a poem). Close readings are necessary to decipher the purpose behind poetry and also to reveal specific hidden connotations. It is quite fascinating to observe that almost everyone would conclude their own distinctive analysis of the same poem. The underlying reasons behind this variation are personal experiences, frame of thought and prior perceptions. Although, the average reader doesn’t exactly follow a pattern while closely reading a poem, there are some rough steps adopted by all. Firstly, the ...