Unit 4 Flashcards
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What to do during reading
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- Reading requires the on going interaction of your mind and the printed page
- Bring your knowledge and experience to bear on a piece of writing can help you assess its events, ideas, and conclusions
- When reading you must understand each point that’s made, consider how the various parts fit together, and try to anticipate the direction the writing will take
- Successful reading requires work. There are many strategies to use
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Orienting your Reading
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- Different purposes require different approaches to reading( figure out why you are reading)
- Reading for yourself allows you to slow down and savor a section, speed up, or break off when you wish
- Reading for information, solid understanding, or to critique the writing that calls for a more methodical approach
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When Orienting Your Reading Ask Yourself
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- Why am I reading this material?
- How well do I need to know the material in the article?
- Is some material in the article more important to me than other material?
- What will I need to do with the material from the article
- What kind of reading does the material suggest
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A First Reading
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-Because of the challenging nature of most college level reading assignment, you should plan on more than one reading
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A First Reading: Orient Yourself to the Background of the Essay
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- Before you start reading you should scan any accompanying biographic sketch and try to and determine the writers expertise and views on a topic
- Sometime there is material by the author or the editor of the writing of the essay
- Professional essays often start with an abstract thought that provides a brief summary of the article.
- You need to judge the credibility of the paper based on the information above
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A First Reading: Use the Title as a Clue
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- Most titles identify the topic and often the viewpoint of the paper
- Some titles signal the author’s primary strategy, whether it is a comparison, definition, or argument
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A First Reading: Skim to Get the Gist of the Article
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- Sometimes you can just read the introduction, conclusion, and topic sentences
- Other times you will need to read the whole essay quickly
- Try to gain an idea of the essay’s main thrust, the key ideas that support it, and the way it is organized
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A First Reading: Make Connections with What You Have Read
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- After you finish skimming but before you think about what you have learned. express it in your own words (written or spoken)
- You will only really understand it if you can say the information in your own words
- If you are having trouble go back and read the thesis statement, identify the writing strategies, and connect what you already know about the issue to what you just read
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Additional Readings
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- If the material was difficult or you need to know it well, a second or even third reading may be necessary
- On the second reading, which will take more time, carefully absorb the writers idea’s
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Additional Reading: Read Carefully and Actively
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- Read at a pace suitable to the material
- Underline significant topic sentences, key sentences ideas, and facts you find important, but underlining doesn’t ensure comprehension
- May want to write down main points in your own words
- Examine the supporting sentences to see how well they back up the main idea
- Look for how the essay fits together
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Additional Reading: Consider Reading as a Kind of Conversation with the Text
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- Ask questions about facts, reason, ideas, and anything in the essay
- Write down questions and answers in margins
- Good writers anticipate questions and answer them within the text
- When you see the answer you will make connections
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Additional Reading: Master Unfamiliar Words
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- Unfamiliar words can hinder you grasp on the material
- When you find a new world circle it, use context elves, look it up in the dictionary, and write down what it means
- If the whole writing is filled with unknown words you should read it all to get the general drift, then look up keywords then reread the writing
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Additional Reading: Take Conscious Steps to Understand Difficult Material
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-When ideas of a section are difficult to understand, restate what you do understand and try to restate the difficult section in you own words.
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Strategies to help understand difficult material
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- State the ideas that are easier for you to understand and use them as keys to unlock meanings that are difficult but not unintelligible. Save the hardest for last. Don’t have to understand everything completely
- Discuss a difficult essay with others who are reading it
- Read simpler material on the topic
- Go to your teacher for help. They may have background material that will make it easier to understand
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Additional Reading: Pull the Entire Essay Together
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- After finishing a major section, express your sense of what it means by speaking out loud or writing it down
- If you have trouble seeing the connections try visually representing them with outlines, tables, and writing down main ideas and facts
