Close Reading

For this paper choose one passage or scene from Olaudah Equiano’s narrative to analyze. 3-4 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-point Times or Times New Roman font.

Summary section (page 1): include a half to one-page summary of the passage/scene that you are analyzing. You may quote from Equiano, but make sure that you do use your own words to summarize the passage/scene for at least half a page of this section.

Close reading analysis section (pages 2 and 3 (4

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page is optional: analyze the 

passage/scene that you have chosen. Make sure to write your paragraphs clearly with a 

topic sentence, evidence, and analysis. Also work on transitioning smoothly from one 

paragraph to another. You do not need a thesis for this paper, but you should instead have 

a specific topic that you address in all of your paragraphs. A close reading is not a 

collection of ideas that don’t relate to each other but rather a focused set of ideas that 

show how the passage/scene is functioning within the narrative. 

When including quotes from Equiano, make sure to include the pages number(s) in 

parentheses after the quote. 

(I prefer you already red this book, so you can better analyze on it)