Experts often contrast skimming with “close” reading, when a reader connects new information to prior knowledge, asks questions, and develops a deeper understanding of the text (although the ...

Drawing on an extraordinarily comprehensive bibliography compiled by Scott Newstok—a gift to the discipline that accompanies the text of On Close Reading—Guillory demonstrates that the term ...

In this final post in my series on close reading, Kimberly Carraway, Katherine S. McKnight, Harvey F. Silver, Amy Benjamin, Nancy Boyles, Rita Platt -- along with readers -- share their thoughts.

The contents of the text messages – which were notably presented to jurors under cross-examination by Massachusetts ...

Close reading and its first cousin, text complexity, are the “IT” buzz words in the reading lexicon of late. So let’s take a closer look at close reading. First off, ...

Moreover, these critics claimed, close reading served to sequester the text from its social and political context, thus supporting myopic assumptions about literature’s autonomy.

President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to address the debt limit and cap spending. The bill text was released on Sunday evening, but the work is far from ...

You can’t read the text closely when skimming it, but instead you aim to pick out key words and sentences and get the general feel and meaning of the text.

Close reading, or thoroughly reading through a text, is the most effective way to understand a journal article, book, etc., but it also takes commitment and focus. Whenever you must present on a ...

Texts between Karen Read, Brian Higgins read during trial 02:41. The Karen Read trial continued Friday with a key investigator reading text messages between Brian Higgins and the defendant in the ...

Tips for Successful Close Reading Reading Tips: Read the assignment guidelines carefully. If you have been assigned a close reading as an assignment, circle keywords or ideas that the professor uses ...