Close Reading Review

Match the following

• 1st reading

• How the text says what it says.

• 2nd reading

• What the text says

• 3rd reading

• What the text means.

"Frog tore off the November page.

He tore off the December page.

And the January page, the February page and the March page."

The first 2 full sentences indicate he started slowly,

but then he tears the pages off quickly and more decidedly in the 3rd sentence.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

"'Well, then,' said Toad, 'a little more sleep will not hurt me'"

Toad wants to sleep instead of having fun with Frog.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

Match the following

• 3rd reading

• "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."

  Kindness can come back to you.

• 1st reading

• "...great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse..."

  The word choices show the the contrast in size between the 2 animals.

• 2nd reading

• "She gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free."

  The Mouse chewed the ropes and freed the Lion.

"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it."

She is sad and is crying because she doesn't have enough money for Christmas.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

"She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard."

The use of the word "dully" and repeated use of the word "gray" reinforce a dark and depressing mood.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was pennies."

Three short sentences are used to emphasize the lack of money and finality of it.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

"Now there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride.

One was Jim's gold watch...The other was Della's hair"

Jim and Della had 2 things important to them and of value: Jim's watch and Della's hair.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading

"Now there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride."

One's focus in life should not be on possessions, but on love.

• 1st reading

• 2nd reading

• 3rd reading