Journal 2

A close reading is not simply reading a text. A close reading is an analysis of a text that allows the reader to focus on every little detail and to look beyond the pages and find underlying themes or meanings. The purpose of a close reading is to allow readers to become more involved with a text so that they may pick out the small details, find the underlying themes, and find deeper meanings. While some texts may have the same little details and the same underlying themes, each text holds different meanings for each person. I’ve found that through close readings I’ve been able to look at texts differently and thus write better because of it. Even in Inquiry 1, I was able to take a text that isn’t in the form of a book and analyze it closely, pick out minute details, and form my own meaning based on my findings.