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Close Reading Paper

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on January 9, 2018 at 5:14:32 pm

Close Reading Paper

100 points total.
Length: 3-5 pages
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to utilize the close reading skills practiced in class. It will be the basis for the final research paper.
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	Excellent	Satisfactory	Developing
Thesis	Analyze theme or idea from text. Makes an argument through analysis. Topic sentence and body paragraph directly tied to thesis.	Relates to book. Makes some point. Paragraphs loosely related to theme in thesis.	Lack a thesis. Does not organize paper.
Close Reading (analysis)	Analyzes SPECIFIC material from the text to support THESIS ARGUMENT.	Makes observations (loosely based on text) related to idea in thesis.	Summary
Mechanics	Excellent		Distracting mechanical errors.

Description:

Do a close reading of one of the texts for this class or another regional or ethnic text of your choosing (should be by an ethnic or regional author - COMPARATIVE READINGS ARE ALSO ACCEPTABLE). The close reading should be guided by a single thesis that illuminates and analyzes one specific aspect of the text.

Note: If you are looking at children's fiction, you should choose at least three texts that can be discussed with a united thesis.