Try It
Now it is your turn to read a piece of literary nonfiction and analyze it for the author’s purpose and techniques. You will read another excerpt from Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and answer the text-based questions that follow. This means that the answers to the questions are found in the reading, so use your close reading skills to read the text multiple times and analyze the excerpt.
Tip Box
Remember, reading with a pencil in your hand, reading multiple times, and marking the text are skills that make you a deeper reader and strengthen your critical thinking skills.
Use close reading skills by reading a text multiple times and analyze its meaning.
Directions:
- Download the Extracting Evidence from Literary Nonfiction.
- As you read, look for questioning techniques and intended meaning. In other words, look for words and phrases that may have meaning beyond what you see on the surface.
- Annotate these words and phrases and take notes in the margin about the meaning of the passage.
- When you have finished reading, answer the questions below.
