Close Reading - Prior to this class, I really didn't get too much exposure to close reading. The major example that comes to mind is the reading and associated essays in AP Literature. This class introduced it to me in a more scholarly setting, and really helped me in developing that skill. Key example's are the two essay's that we wrote and the required analysis of sources needed to write each of them. Close reading was critical to those assignments, and they really helped further me into looking deeper into a text rather than just taking it at face value. The blog analysis really comes to mind here. Having to search for the author's identity in the text, even my own, really expanded my ability to close read.
Research - I certainly had to practice the skill of research in this class, especially for the second essay, where we had to find a second source to apply and use in our paper on our own. Through that workshop and playing around with it on my own, I learned how to navigate one of the library's many databases (unfortunately I can't quite recall which one it was). The development in research skill that this class brought will no doubt help me in future classes.
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