Close Reading Literary Texts Review

What is the purpose of close reading?

• To read the text as quickly as possible

• To analyze and determine what the text says, how it says it, and what it means

• To memorize the content of the text

• To skim through the text for a general understanding

A theme in a literary text is a _____________.

• Central idea.

• Universal life lesson or moral of a story.

• Impossible to figure out.

• Life.

The story can take place in the deep dark woods, on a desolate island, or the best English class in the world. These are examples of _____________in a literary text.

• Place.

• Specific location.

• Setting.

• Hyperbole.

What is the role of Text-Based Questions in close reading?

• To provide a summary of the text

• To encourage memorization of the text

• To require students to read a text closely to gain deeper understanding

• To allow students to answer without close reading of the text

Why is it important for students to know the academic vocabulary used in texts?

• To make the reading process faster

• To be able to skip parts of the text

• To understand the text without reading it

• To apply information directly from the text rather than recalling information from memory

What are students asked to do to support their written points in the middle school example?

• To draw pictures related to the text

• To write a fictional story based on the text

• To cite textual evidence to back up their written points

• To share their opinions without text evidence

This is the sequence of events in literary text:

• Structure.

• Plot.

• This is just called a sequence.

• Plot-Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

What does the student do with unfamiliar words according to the document?

• The student ignores them

• The student circles them, tries to guess their meaning, and uses context clues.

• The student looks them up immediately

• The student replaces them with familiar words

Who are the people featured in a literary text?

• People.

• Folks.

• Characters.

• Only the important characters.

What does the act of moving through the text while annotating encourage the reader to do?

• To focus on the illustrations

• To read and re-read passages

• To finish reading quickly

• To memorize the characters' names