How to teach close reading<br>Closely read the text yourself. To teach close reading, it is important that you first do a close reading of a text yourself. Extrapolate all of the details you can that are both directly stated and implied in the text, determine the apparent audience and the writer's purpose.
It is easy to identify the author's intended audience when reading closely
( z1 easy :ARG1 ( z2 identify :ARG1 ( z3 audience :ARG1-of ( z4 intend :ARG0 ( z5 person :ARG0-of ( z6 author ) ) ) ) ) )