You may have practiced close reading earlier in this course. It's a strategy that works especially well for difficult or complex texts, but it can add to your understanding of a particularly rich and layered literary work as well. When you perform a close reading, you ask questions that will help you identify the why and how behind a story. A close reading helps you interpret all elements of a story from your own perspective while also gathering evidence to support your point of view.
As you read the first part of "Rules of the Game" remember to stop and ask yourself questions about the story. (You may not be able to answer those questions until you have read more of the story.) As you read, keep track of the questions and answers that occur to you by jotting them down in a notebook. Stop reading when you reach the sentence beginning "Is shame you fall down . . . ."
Now use this activity to compare your own close reading questions and answers to ours.
If you're using close reading strategies, which is the BEST question to ask after reading the first paragraph of this story?
To do a close reading, it is important to understand what the author means by specific words and phrases. If you ask this question early in your reading, you'll be more likely to notice when the narrator explains or demonstrates what the phrase means.
To do a close reading, it is important to understand what the author means by specific words and phrases. If you ask this question early in your reading, you'll be more likely to notice when the narrator explains or demonstrates what the phrase means.
To do a close reading, it is important to understand what the author means by specific words and phrases. If you ask this question early in your reading, you'll be more likely to notice when the narrator explains or demonstrates what the phrase means.
When Tan describes the sign in the Ping Yuen Fish Market, what is the BEST close reading question to ask?
When an author includes such specific details in a short story--especially considering the cramped space in such stories--you should ask yourself what that detail means and why it is there.
When an author includes such specific details in a short story--especially considering the cramped space in such stories--you should ask yourself what that detail means and why it is there.
When an author includes such specific details in a short story--especially considering the cramped space in such stories--you should ask yourself what that detail means and why it is there.
What is the BEST question to ask after reading the description of Waverly's home and neighborhood?
Your questions should get at why the writer included the information she did.
Your questions should get at why the writer included the information she did.
Your questions should get at why the writer included the information she did.
What is the BEST close reading question to ask when you read about the annual Christmas party attended by the Jongs?
To understand what a character represents, you should ask yourself what message the author hoped to convey in describing the character.
To understand what a character represents, you should ask yourself what message the author hoped to convey in describing the character.
To understand what a character represents, you should ask yourself what message the author hoped to convey in describing the character.
Which passage BEST defines "the art of invisible strength" as it relates to chess?
Be sure to back up your thoughts and ideas about the story with evidence.
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