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Close (analytical) Reading :

Close (analytical) Reading : . Generic Questions for Informational Text: Examples: What, if any, examples, are given in the text? Examples for what? Embedded Definitions : What, if any, words or phrases are defined within the text?

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Close (analytical) Reading :

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  1. Close (analytical) Reading: Generic Questions for Informational Text: Examples: What, if any, examples, are given in the text? Examples for what? Embedded Definitions: What, if any, words or phrases are defined within the text? Cause/effect statements: What, if any, statements in the text answer the question “Why?” Descriptions: Are there any detailed descriptions in the text? Of what? What words allow you to visualize the thing described? Main Idea: Is the main idea of the text stated directly? Once? More than once? Vocabulary: Are there any key words in the text that are used in an unfamiliar or unusual way? Does the reader have to “recalculate” the meaning of any key words? Organization: What organizational system does the author use? Chronological? Spatial? Order of importance? Story? Classification?

  2. Close (analytical) Reading: Generic Questions for Informational Text: Metaphor: Are there metaphors? If so, what do they mean? Pronoun Antecedents: Do we know the referents of all of the pronouns?

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