A review by micklesreads
Reading and Writing About Literature: A Portable Guide by Janet E. Gardner

3.0

The chapters on what to look for with intros to basic lit interpretation skills were good, but I'd have loved some more concrete guidelines on writing a good close reading: thesis construction, support, how to tell if you're arguing vs. summarizing, etc. would all have been valuable. We go over this in class extensively, of course, but something in the text beyond what's there would have been helpful. It's a handy little book, but I'll likely just supplement with my own online readings in the future on this kind of stuff.