Close Reading & Literary Analysis — Chapter overview · English 9: Experience, Perspective & Inquiry, Grade 9
Use the grade’s short story to explain how a change in a character or narrator develops a larger idea. Analyze two details from different parts and one craft choice.
Chapter question
How can close reading & literary analysis help us examine experience, perspective & inquiry?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 1.1 · Theme & Central Idea
I can distinguish a text's topic from its theme.
- Unit 1.2 · Characterization & Complex Characters
I can analyze how a complex character's conflicting motivations drive their choices.
- Unit 1.3 · Figurative & Connotative Language
I can determine the connotative and figurative meanings of words and phrases in a text.
- Unit 1.4 · Text Structure & Order of Events
I can analyze how an author's choices about structuring a text and ordering events create effects like tension, mystery, or surprise.