More Guidance for Close Reading

A link to the writing center:

http://writingcenter.baruch.cuny.edu/

We’ll be talking about these briefly in class, but here are a couple handouts to help you in completing your close readings. Look at these (closely)!

Here’s a list of potential ways to tackle your close reading. Remember – this is NOT a checklist! Do not do everything on this list, that will end up in a shallow analysis. Rather, go in depth with one or two of these things:

Close Reading Tips

Here’s something I wrote based on errors / issues I’ve seen in the past. Take a look!

how to write a close reading

And two sites with information on literary devices:

Information about / Definition of “metaphor”

Other literary devices

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