Sustained Close Reading: Unpacking Meaning from the Text Itself

What this note covers

1. What NESA Means by 'Sustained Close Reading'
2. The Architecture of a Close-Reading Paragraph
3. Worked Example: Moving from Evidence to Insight
4. Reading Form and Structure, Not Just Language
5. Applying Close Reading to Unseen Texts (Paper 1 Section I)
6. Integrating Textual Evidence Without Quoting Excessively
7. Close Reading in Each Module: How Context Shapes Application

7 sections · 14 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes