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Close Reading on Jack’s Tribe. Close reading is the process of re-examining a short passage and asking critical questions about it. In this case, we focus on the author’s diction or word choices. . Passage on the hunt….
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Close Reading on Jack’s Tribe Close reading is the process of re-examining a short passage and asking critical questions about it. In this case, we focus on the author’s diction or word choices.
Passage on the hunt… “The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red. The tribe lay in a semicircle before him. The newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background. Roger squatted with the rest.”