Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Close Reading Bingo

Weakness 1: His strange admiration is expressed with metaphors like "the free-standing kind: a pair of integral signs swooping upward" and "a temporary, steeper escalator of daylight"
Source: My Everyday Sticky Waffle

Weakness 3:He describes the boy’s feelings towards his parents with a negative, abusive and defiant diction.
Source: UNDERWATER

Weakness 2:  "Turned toward the escalators, carrying a black Penguin paperback and a small white CVS bag, its receipt stapled over the top," describes the harsh clattering of the setting.Source: T-Rex

Weakness 6:  It was also literal in denotation, as while reading it. Throughout the excerpt Barker used excellent verbs and description to explain all of the sentences.
Source: Lets's Start!




#1 Best Close Reading (in my eyes) was by A Scrap of Parchment

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