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Second Reading: What does it mean?
Now that you have examined the photo carefully, what inferences can you make? How do you interpret what you see? In other words, what might you say about the people or scenery that goes beyond what is explicitly shown in the photograph?
Third Reading: How do you know?
Explain the connection between the details you notice and your interpretation of these details. How might you use the details in the photo as textual evidence to support the ideas or inferences you have made?
Writing Prompt: Now that you have carefully examined the content of this photo and come to conclusions about what it shows explicitly and what inferences you can make about the meaning, make a connection between this photograph and the passage written by Pirsig and his travels by motorcycle. Be sure to:
• Writeatopicsentencethatconnectsthetwotexts.
• Includetextualdetailsandexplainhowtheysupporttheconnectionyoumade. • Writeaconclusionthatfollowsfromyourexplanations.
Close Reading Workshop 1 • Close Reading of Informational/Literary Nonfiction Texts 7
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