Monday, October 31, 2011

Bingo of the Close Reading Variety

1. "His clam, but intense attention to detail leaves readers intimidated yet expectant for the forth coming of his next step."


Rule 4 - Don't refer to the reader(s). Btw, "clam" is spelled "claim." Derp.


2. "The sound and vulgarity shows Holden's ruthless and loud personality."


Rule 6 - Avoid the word "show."


3. "Baker uses a lot of language that magnifies the importance of the coldness felt, "spreading into a needly area of shine where it fell against their brushed-steel side-panels, and adding long glossy highlights to each of the black rubber handrails", this creates imagery for the reader of what the daily worker sees."


Rule 8 - Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks.


4. "His negative connotation is straightforward and precise."


Rule 3 - You never explained why the connotation is precise, and only ever implied straightforwardness in a very discreet way.



This is my favorite close reading:

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