It was the fall of my freshman year. I knew I wanted to major in English, but— apart from a few high school classes, a long list of favorite books, and an even longer list of books to be read—I had no experience with the discipline. And now, in my first ever college English class, I was required to “close read” a passage and then respond with an essay. I had no idea where to begin. Quite frankly, I panicked.
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