Close Reading & Critical Thinking
“Travel”
October 2014
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Close-Reading and Critical-Thinking Questions
Directions: After reading “Travel,” go back and reread lines to answer the questions below.
1. Does the narrator actually see a train go by? How does she know it’s there?
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2. What words and phrases describe what the narrator hears?
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3. W
hich line describes what the narrator sees? What does this line mean?
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Close Reading & Critical Thinking
Name: __________________________________ Date: _____________
“Travel”
October 2014
Close-Reading and Critical-Thinking Questions, p. 2
4. How does the train’s presence affect the narrator?
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5. Explain in your own words what the third stanza means.
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6. How do you know that the narrator is adventurous? Do you feel the same way? Explain.
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