Questions for Close Reading
Practice at close reading is essential to learning to write well. Close reading is a fundamental strategy of critical thinking.
Here’s a worksheet that may be useful for applying these questions to specific texts.
Adapted from The Art of Close Reading by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder (The Foundation for Critical Thinking).
Posted by Michael L Umphrey on 02/26 at 01:54 AM
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