Skim reading and close reading: Wilfred Owen’s 1917 letter to his mother
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I can show a thorough understanding of a 1917 letter that Wilfred Owen sent to his mother from the trenches of World War One.
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Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was a British poet and soldier.
Owen is best known for his stark, unflinching and graphic poems about World War One.
Making predictions about what a text might be about is a helpful preparatory step before reading something.
Skimming and scanning a text involves quickly reading something, and gathering its main ideas and overall tone.
Close reading involves carefully considering a writer’s methods and their effects.
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