CRITICAL READING

Assignment

Study for exam 1

PA Ch. 2 Quiz

1. What do reading critically and being an active reader mean?

2. What does it mean to preview a text?

3. What are two comprehension clues that can help you with careful reading?

4. The chapter says “Highlighting” isn’t just using a highlighter when you read. What else does it entail? List two examples.

Reading is a Process too

We only remember: 50% of what we read or learned within 1 hour

30% of what read after nine hours

20% or less after one week.

Critical Reading

(Writing Acquisition)

Preview the text What am I dealing with here?

Read and Annotate the text What thoughts & reactions do I have here? What don’t I understand?

Reread the text & assess the whole What’s the writer’s strategy & purpose here?

Reading & Annotating

Number the major points (or paragraphs if it’s short)

Underline or highlight sentences that carry the major points

Bracket words you don’t know

Find signal words (Yet, but, however, therefore)

Note what (if any) other sources the writer uses

REREAD FOR COMMON RHETORICAL MOVES

Make a main

point

Define a term

Tell a story or

give an example

Answer an

objection

Give background

info

Raise a question

Qualify a point

Cite an expert

Draw a

conclusion

Logos

Establish

credibility

through Logos or

credientials

Tell a story

highlighting

experience or

character

Show Fair Minded

Answer an

objection

Raise a fair

question

Qualify/ or

concede a point

Ethos

Tell an emotional

story or give an

example

Use strong,

emotional

language,

similes,

metaphors,

colorful

descriptions

Make Emotional

connection

w/audience

Establish

credibility

Overall tone

Pathos

Violent Media is Good for Kids pg. 58

Group 1: paras 1-5

Group 2: paras 6-10

Group 3: paras 11-14

Group 4: paras 15-17How is the author using Ethos, Pathos, or Logos in your section? What moves is he making?

Exam 1 Study Guide

Works Cited

Hjortshoj, Keith. The Transition to College Writing. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. Print.