1. Close Reading
Examine content, form, and style
Question the development of the novel.

2. What? Where? When? – Plot
How? – Style
Why? - Purpose

3. What is the novel about?
Lives of the gentry and clergy of rural England
Lifestyles, behaviors, and values

4. Examine how Austen presents lifestyles, behaviors and values AND what she is saying about each.
Meaning
Connotation

5. Chapter 3, Pages 12- end
What valued trait in society is inferred in the first paragraph?

6. Sociability

7. Wording and Phrasing
With a book he was regardless of time.
In this context, what does regardless mean?

8. Heedless of time

9. What is meant by ….?
The tone of the paragraph is ...
What is revealed by …?
The purpose of the paragraph is primarily presented through the use of …

10. Re-read Chapter 3, pages 12 through the end.
Develop ten to fifteen close reading questions.
These are objective questions.
Write the question followed by the response.