What does "close reading" mean?

The careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text.

Close reading

Q: What is a synonym for "close reading"?

Common synonyms include: analyze reading, careful reading, detailed noticing, dissecting, dissection, dissections.

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The careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text. countable, uncountable
"Students almost universally hate close reading, and they rarely wind up understanding it anyway. Forced to pick out meaning in passages they don't fully grasp to begin with, they begin to get the idea that English class is about simply making things up (Ah yes—the tree mentioned once on page 89 and then never again stands for weakness and loss!)"

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analyze reading careful reading detailed noticing dissecting dissection dissections

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least force reading paging reading habit reading technique

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"Students almost universally hate close reading, and they rarely wind up understanding it anyway. Forced to pick out meaning in passages they don't fully grasp to begin with, they begin to get the idea that English class is about simply making things up (Ah yes—the tree mentioned once on page 89 and then never again stands for weakness and loss!)"

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