Pat Robinson Precis

In this article, I found new key points to support my new claim of what the author 's main point is.  At certain parts in the article, the author explains  how he has learned lessons in the factory which he couldn 't have learned in the classroom.  These lessons allowed him to better his college life, by understanding why it is important to not sack off is one example.  There are many instances in this article that I can use to support my claim.  By showing the specific text in my essay, will further substantiate my claim and allow me to show my audience the author 's key point and enforce my stance.

Knowing that this book is very "wordy", I was excited to determine the readability of the text. To determine this I used a website created by Brian Scott. The site allows users to copy and paste passages from the textbook to be analyzed. From my textbook, I copied and pasted two separate sections. I copied from the introduction of

The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply some of the critical reading strategies you have evaluated.

The statement about students reading on the superficial, surface level, and how they rarely reach that richer deeper meaning was very profound to me. The example of all the events that happen in the baseball game before each pitch was a great eye-opener to validate this point. Educators expect

Select and identify TWO sentences (include in your paragraph as “quotation” sentences) presented in the article you find significant as an early educator and explain why you selected these sentences (7 descriptive/detailed sentences)

A summary of a passage is supposed to be a summed up version of the entire passage with the main points. This gives the reader insight about the passage without spending time on reading the entire thing. The corrected way of summarizing this piece would be for

II. The author used an antithesis on line 7-10. The author emphasized his idea through contrasting his idea with

I assumed that since I had already written other reports in which I was tasked with analyzing the contents of a scientific research paper, I had ample experience so that I could perform well in this assignment, however, I found that as I began analyzing the paper, that experience actually hindered me. The primary goal of this assignment was to analyze the rhetorical techniques, especially their use of ethos, pathos, and logos, used by the authors. The key factor was that we were instructed to

Since there were only a few weaknesses the article portrayed, there were many strengths the author made such as organization, logic, evidence, and persuasive techniques. The author was very organized throughout the essay, and Gregston kept the article structured effectively. A reason the article was organized so well is because of the headings; the headings automatically gained the reader’s attention and stood out. Without the headings, the article would have had a more difficult time gaining the reader’s attention, and it would not have been as effective.

When reading the article, one thing that I found useful about the article was the

Objectively (without any opinions), summarize the article in your own words, including all of the most important ideas from beginning, middle, to end.

In segment one, we focused primarily on paraphrasing and summarizing. First, we learned that it is important to read actively in order to dissect the text and absorb all the information we can from it. By doing this, we can understand the purpose, theme, audience, knowledge level of the author and other important traits of the piece. I believe these reading skills are important because they can be applied to many real world situations. I found the hardest part of summarizing was trying to accurately paraphrase without having the information too similar to the original text. I believe my summarizing skills improved from the first summary, “Style in Revolt: Revolting Style” to the second summary “Wake Up, Geek Culture: Time to Die.” In my “Style in Revolt: Revolting

In the first segment, there are few points to know inside the first paragraph. Primarily, it elucidates

Step 7: In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html

I think the strongest part of this analysis was how concise and direct it is. You start with an introduction that clearly states your purpose, main point, and what description you are analyzing. This lets the reader know exactly what they will be reading and how it will be formatted.