Terms for Close Reading

Here is a list of terms for close reading Shakespeare’s texts, with examples — mostly from As You Like It. I developed it with my RA Sarah Hertz, specifically for Exercise 2 in English 205 (Fall 2011). But it may come in handy for anyone doing close readings of early modern drama.

Here they are separated into the four categories:

• E2 Terms_Structural
• E2 Terms_Linguistic
• E2 Terms_Semantic
• E2 Terms_Cultural