Annotations of “The Brief-Thompson” (49-57)
- An active reader asks questions, reads the text carefully, reads the text several times, writes down notes and connects as they read through.
- Before you start to read you need to “prepare” to read by looking over key elements in order to make some good predictions about what is coming.
- Try reading about the author before reading their books to get to know them.
- Make a checklist to help you get to know the book and what your’e getting into before actually reading the book. Make some good productions of what you think might happen.
- Reading through twice will help. First, read the text straight through to get the central idea of the text. Second time reading through really think in depth and read carefully. Pause and think about what you just read about. Ask yourself questions.
- Always “annotate” the text to help you relate. It helps you stay engaged. You can write in the book, highlight or use sticky notes to help you stay connected.
- Critical Reading is a great way to stay involved more. This is when you are thinking while reading. Analysis, Interpretation, Synthesis, Evaluation is important to use.
- Facts are true statements. Opinions are interpretations of facts. (Someones own beliefs).
- Evaluating evidence is important. You want to know if it is accurate, relevant, sufficient, or representative.
- The key question for rhetorical analysis is “what effects do the writer achieve, and how does the writer achieve them?” (pg. 55)
- Rhetorical analysis can help you appreciate the presence of influence and persuasion where it is not easy to spot.
- Word choice or “diction”, has a major influence not just on meaning but on how a text is received.
- Your judgment about a writers purposes can be formed by paying attention to his or her intentions, expectations, and rhetorical context.
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