- Active reading begins with curiosity.
- Project checklist-:Title, contents, context, your prior knowledge, genres and purposes they convey, now make predictions.
Annotating a text- note agreements, disagreements, question, connections they are making and other reactions in the margins.
Facts- A fact is a true statement that is specific and verifiable.
Opinion- An opinion is based on facts, but also includes the writer’s interpretation.
Belief- A belief is a deeply held conviction that cannot be proved or disapproved.
Evaluation evidence and assumptions:-
- Is the evidence accurate?
- Relevant?
- sufficient?
- representative?
About the authors assumptions:
- What assumption does the author make in the thesis?
- What assumptions are valid?
- Which assumptions do you think people can challenge?
- Has the other failed to assume shared beliefs?
Rhetorical analysis is systematic method of analysing the effects of a text and how the writters acheive is them.
Questions for Rhetorical Readings:
- Who is the author, and what are his or her intentions?
- What is the rhetorical context?
- Who are the intended readers, and how does the writer adress them?
- What is the subject matter of the text, and how is it arranged ?
- How does the uthor present the text?
- Does the text succeed in accomplishing the author’s purpose?
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