Select a word, phrase, sentence, image from one of the unit’s texts to closely read. Analyze your selection with as much detail and care as you are able while providing a clear, coherent, and yet concise discussion of how:
the various parts of your selection fit together to create what we see;
the style(s) used work to construct your selection;
your selection, packed with all its detail, fits into the work as a whole (e.g., is the selection unusual in the context of the text? Is it a good representation of the work as a whole? Etc.);
In short, I want you to dig deeply into your selection and uncover what lurks beneath its surface—ultimately looking beneath the surface of both the text itself, as well as your own positions and response(s) to the text. You are expected to quote from the text, so you will need both in-text citations and a Works Cited page.