A short guide to “close reading” nonfiction

Blog – Rolf Potts
02/05/2019
A short guide to “close reading” nonfiction

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A “close reading” is a detailed examination of a text to study its design. The goal is to explore how an effective text works, and consider the decisions and strategies the author used in creating it. There is no rigid set of rules about how one must approach a close reading, but there are a…

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