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Week 11 Close Read Questions
CommonLit: Adolescence and the loss of childhood
Directions: Complete a close reading of the article while answering the questions. You will need
to search for some answers on the internet.
1. What does the word irredeemable mean?
a. The author describes an “irredeemable loss” that young people must endure. What
is this loss and why is it irredeemable?
2. Thomas Wolf’s novel is called You Can’t Go Home Again. It is said that once you grow up,
you can never “go home” to childhood again. This expression is an example of what type of
figurative speech?
3. What is apathy? What is one thing that adolescents typically become apathetic about?
4. What is abrasion? What might an abrasive relationship look like?
5. What is anticipation? What does the article specify as one thing young people anticipate?
6. Now, use two of today’s vocabulary words in a sentence.
a. Irredeemable
Apathy
Abrasion Anticipation
7. Now that you’ve done a close reading, engaged in a discussion, and have taken a quiz on
the article, write an objective summary of the article. This should be paragraph-length.
Learning Target: I can write an objective summary using concise language.