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Q&A How do I gather enough material to write a close reading essay?

I always seem to struggle with finding enough information to write a 1500 word close reading essay, and it feels like I stretch my ideas so thin that my essay quality becomes poor. While only ref...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Malcolm‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:11:58Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Malcolm‭ · 2019-12-08T06:11:58Z (over 4 years ago)
I always seem to struggle with finding enough information to write a 1500 word close reading essay, and it feels like I stretch my ideas so thin that my essay quality becomes poor.

While only referencing a small section from a prose, how do people have so much to write about in their close reading essays? For example, do people exhaust the 5 Ws and one H, talk about the context of the story and connect it at the end, etc?

(I know StackExchange does not want a question where an entire book could be written about it, so I am asking for the very basic techniques.)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-03-04T04:11:17Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 2