Four Ways Of Reading And How To Read Like A Writer

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What goes through your mind when you read? Do you read deliberately, looking for certain aspects, or do you read as a blank slate? When reading, professors expect a deliberateness that will help you to uncover meanings that are not readily apparent. Thomas C. Foster in his book “How to Read Literature Like a Professor” expands on this concept. He endeavors to instruct his readers in the way he believes they should read, in order to get the most out of each book. He concedes that, “When lay readers encounter a fictive text, they focus, as they should, on the story and the characters” but to truly read like a professor you must also divert a portion of your attention on

Handbook is a useful resource which provides ways to effectively read texts. For example, analyzing can be used to break a book down into smaller parts to further help the reader. Evaluating, on the other hand, allows many things to be considered that will assist the reader in better understanding the text. Formulating is a method used at the end of reading which can help with the conclusion and provide details about the text. According to The Little

In the book “How To Read Literature Like A Professor” by Thomas C. Foster, many elements are brought to the reader’s attention. Three of these elements, happen to connect with the novel, “the curious incident of the dog in the night-time” written by Mark Haddon.

Through Foster’s many rhetorical devices he provides a knowledgeable guide on how to read literature. The numerous examples he applies allows the readers to have a more thorough understanding. Reading this book can make the experience of reading other books more satisfying, enriching and

Mike Bunn’s article, “How To Read Like a Writer”, simply does what the name implies: it is trying to encourage readers, students for the most part, to ‘read like a writer’. Bunn briefly reveals how he came acquainted with ‘reading like a writer’, and then goes on to explain to his audience how to ‘read like a writer’ themselves. From the opening sentence, to the closing statement, Bunn is encouraging students to analyze how a certain texts were written and why they were written that way. Bunn claims that by using this way of reading, you not only understand the text better, but you also become a better writer as you learn and develop the skills you analyze. Bunn is hoping that, after reading his article and adopting his methods, students will

At the time that I have been in the college, I have used some of the strategies named in the introduction of the book “The Norton Reader” such as: Describing, rereading, exemplifying and knowing about the author and the audience. However, it surprised me to know that there were even more strategies than the previously mentioned. Personally, I got some interest, knowing about comparing and contrasting that in the book’s word means: “which analyzes the similarities and differences between or among people, places, things, or ideas.” Because I can see how finding similarities between articles can help the reader to understand them better. Of course, I’m going to use those new strategies in future because they can help me as reader to create strong

Throughout the year, I read in a way that I never did before. I have read books critically before, but never with one lens in mind. Recently, I read a book, between shades of gray by Ruta Sepetys, that followed a family that was in the upper class, but then viewed as criminals when the Russian secret police came and took them away from their home. The techniques used to make the family submit to the NKVD 's control forces the family into a lower class by dehumanizing them. While reading, I found out how similar I was to the main character and how I would never be able to survive what she went through. Several other books I read this year made me question how I am interpreting them based on my background, and from discussions I found out everyone 's different experiences lead them to discover different parts of the same novels we read.

The method by which I was taught to read literature effectively and discerningly similar to the formulaic pattern played out in the introduction to chapter five in the Brown and Yarborough text. The steps were to identify the setting, primary theme, characters, common motifs, and illusions to outside works. From there I was left to identify the authors intent. I was told that each work of literature was a puzzle with a simple solution, and it was the readers duty to find it. I was fortunate enough to take AP Lit my junior year and, in doing so, learned how to properly read and interpret text. Often enough, I would find myself identifying subtextual themes before noting the truth of the text itself. My largest downfall as a reader was falling

Over the past month, we have been studying the concept of reading and writing in different communities. To assess this, we have read two different texts. Richard Rodriguez’s the achievement of desire”, from his autobiography “Hunger of Memory”; and Lucille McCarthy’s “A Stranger in Strange Lands: A College Student Writing across the Curriculum” from “Research in the Teaching of English”. Both answer key questions regarding what it takes to become a great reader and writer, however, from the reading that I have done, each one only answers one part of the question. Rodriguez’s main focus is in the aspect of reading, whereas McCarthy mainly focuses on the writing portion. Both do a decent job of analyzing and putting forth a view of how they believe a person can best perform in these environments. This then allows us to use their concepts and create our own version, based on their points of view. But why should we care? Most people at this level of academia will have developed a system of writing that works for them, and will have a difficult time breaking from it if they’re process doesn’t meet the criteria that Rodriguez, and McCarthy put forth. The reason it’s so important is because of implications these ideas have. Both authors put forth concepts that are indirectly related to one another and that are highly beneficial to all who will apply them. They will force you to conform to new environments in order to succeed, this in turn will make you more

Depending on what type of material you are reading, that will somewhat influence what strategies you use. Just because I used these strategies when reading the article, that doesn’t mean that I will use the exact same ones when I read a fiction picture book. In that case, it would be much different because I would be able to make predictions and inferences by looking at the pictures. I would also be able to make more connections to myself. By reading this article, I was limited to the strategies I could use because it was informational text, so I wouldn’t make predictions as to what I am going to read next. On the other hand, when a book is more for pleasure and has more of a storyline to it, that is where you would make more connections and predictions. Like I mentioned earlier, I never knew that there was an actual name for using these types of strategies, but now that I know there are endless amounts of strategies people use, I feel I will pay more close attention to that when I am reading. It will also help me in the future when I am a teacher, so that when I am working with my students, I will know the different strategies my students can use and help them become better

Without these new strategies, writers would continue to write the same and never try anything new. According to Lisa Ede in The Academic Writer, reading actively helps the reader decide whether or not the writer is correct and if they agree or disagree with what the author is saying. Without this thinking, the reader would not be able to question the author and would mindlessly follow what the author is saying. This is also good practice for questioning other people in a discussion based event. Lisa Ede also said that by reading actively one can learn how to persuade, convey, and show information much better. When reading actively, much more is retained and the reader will be able to describe a clear picture of what occurred in the text because they were so focused. If the reader didn’t read actively, it would be difficult for them to persuade other about the text because they wouldn’t remember as much information. If the reader decides to not read actively, there is no point in them even reading because they will retain very little information, and they will be reading just to get through the

So few days back, I woke up around 4:30 in the morning and was sitting in the living room browsing through quora on my laptop.

It is this process that will help the reading actively. In this way, the reader not just "think" with what the author but participating in the analysis, synthesis and argument against the

In the modern world, due to advancement in science and technology people are able to accumulate information through various modes other than reading. Yet, reading continues to provide maximum pleasure and knowledge. It is commonly observed that those who read more excel in all the areas of academic life. Reading helps us to understand the thoughts and feelings of various writers. It improves our way of expression and creativity.