Close Reading

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1. Say a prayer
2. Read the text
3. Annotate for:
   1. interesting stuff
   2. ideas
   3. conventions
   4. Context
4. These things form a reading
5. Plan(structure)
   1. No concrete plan/structure
6. Reading:
   1. Interpretation
   2. Argument
   3. Reading
7. To the reading:
   1. Reinforce
   2. Critique
   3. Reflect
   4. Challenge
   5. Endorse
8. REPRESENTATION, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN A CLOSE READING
9. Australia is still colonised, so AusLit does not have postcolonial readings

A READING IS A SPECIFIC INTERPRETATION. THERE IS NO WRONG ANSWER (unless it’s completely out of pocket)