Close reading
Careful, repeated reading of a short text to analyse its meaning and structure.
- Used in
- United States
- Topic
- Teaching and learning
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Related terms
- ELA (English language arts) United States
- The US school subject covering reading, writing, speaking, listening and language. UK: English.
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