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Wrestling with Reading

Wrestling with Reading. Kinds of Reading. For content and pleasure For information For instigation/catalysis/inspiration. Types of College Reading Practices. Analysis: examining parts in detail Interpretation: relate parts to whole & start to make assumptions

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Wrestling with Reading

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  1. Wrestling with Reading

  2. Kinds of Reading • For content and pleasure • For information • For instigation/catalysis/inspiration

  3. Types of College Reading Practices • Analysis: examining parts in detail • Interpretation: relate parts to whole & start to make assumptions • Synthesis: make connections, see consequences • Evaluation: make judgments & defend them

  4. Analysis, Interpretation and Synthesis Ask yourself some or all of the following questions. • What is the purpose of your reading? • What questions do you have about the work? What is it about? How is it put together? What categories (parts or elements) should I divide it into? What is its central idea (theme)? What elements are most significant? Which ones deserve less attention as a result? • How do I interpret the meaning and significance of the relationship between elements and between the elements and the whole text? What reasonable inferences or generalizations can I make? • What patterns can I see (or synthesize) from the parts? How do they relate to each other? How does this text relate to others? • What can I conclude about the text? How does this conclusion contribute to the text?

  5. Evaluation • What are my reactions to the text? What makes me respond this way? • Is the work unified? Do all the elements relate to its central idea? Is there a sense of completion or of ambiguity at the end? Why? • What is the value or significance of the work in the larger scheme of things ("the big picture of life")? • Do I agree or disagree with the work. Can I support or refute it?

  6. Active Reading • Previewing: getting background information when applicable • Reading: interacting with the text; reading and re-reading carefully • Writing: annotating or making notes in margins or in a journal • Summarizing: distilling and understanding the content; analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating.

  7. 7 Key Steps to Critical Reading • Annotating • Previewing • Contextualizing • Questioning/Investigating • Reflecting • Outlining/Summarizing/Restating • Connecting (Comparing/Contrasting)

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