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Fiction: Doing a Close Reading: Tutorial
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When reading fiction, you're probably focused on finding out what happens in the story and how it ends.
When you read a work of fiction for a literature class, however, you need to go beyond the first surface
reading. What is your approach to reading literature for a class? Have you tried a close reading of a fictional
text? We haven't really discussed an approach to close reading yet, so think about what you do now. What
reading techniques do you use when you try to go beyond the surface story to really understand the layers
of meaning in a work of fiction? Write your response in two to three paragraphs.
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Read the passage. tomorrow, senator connie sullivan will meet with us farmers to discuss a new trade deal. she will also discuss the state of iowa’s economy and the crucial need to modernize nafta. according to the us chamber of commerce, approximately 14 million jobs depend on trade with mexico. at a delegate meeting last wednesday, sullivan said, "this is a number much too large to ignore.” which sentence corrects the error in capitalization? tomorrow, senator connie sullivan will meet with us farmers to discuss a new trade deal. she will also discuss the state of iowa’s economy and the crucial need to modernize nafta. according to the us chamber of commerce, approximately 14 million jobs depend on trade with mexico. at a delegate meeting last wednesday, sullivan said, “this is a number much too large to ignore.”

Excerpted from "the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! look carefully at the lines above. a poem with this particular rhyme scheme is best read a. line by line. b. with long pauses. c. phrase by phrase. d. with a strong rhythm.

Isaw him _ .(a)danced (b)dance (c)dancing