In your opinion, what is close reading? What is its purpose? Are you learning anything about writing, or yourself, as you engage in close reading for Inquiry I?

In my opinion, a close reading is reading really close. No really, like really close. Like, my pupils are changing size and I can smell the paper...Just kidding. A close reading is obviously analyzing the text (very closely, of course). It is important to think of many different aspects of a text in a close reading such as : tone, diction, flow, rhyme , style, theme, word choice, audience, context (literal and symbolism and motifs), setting, reference and the list goes on. It's purpose is to go deeper into the meaning of a work and not just read the words but truly understand their meaning and intent (read between the lines, if you will). Am I learning anything about myself? Not really... I have learned that I don't mind analyzing poems because Brit Lit trained me to ( black belt in poetry... if I must) and I would much rather analyze a short text and pick it apart than a larger one and hit on main points.

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