Close Reading Strategy for Articles

Close Reading Strategy

Please use this strategy to read the articles for tomorrow’s discussion.

1. Number the paragraphs (both articles have 11 paragraphs, with paragraph 8 continued on the back side)
2. Read through as best you can to get the big ideas
3. Underline/box the significant ideas in the article.
4. Reread, and on the right of the page, note rhetorical devices (repetition, quotations, facts/statistics, rhetorical questions, etc)
5. Reread and note instances of persuasive appeals on left: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
6. Write down questions for class discussions.

Please come in prepared to discuss and analyze the articles in preparation for writing an argumentative essay on Wednesday.