Understanding the text
Highlighting significant parts of a text and recording your reactions to, interpretations of, and questions about it as you read it.
What is 'annotating'?
Listing and grouping your annotations and other notes to find meaningful patterns.
What is 'taking inventory'?
Examining the values and beliefs that underlie the text, either stated directly or implied in the text's word choices.
What is 'analyzing assumptions'?
Determining whether an argument is well reasoned and adequately supported.
What is 'evaluating the logic of an argument'?
Exploring likenesses and differences between texts to understand them better.
What is 'comparing and contrasting related readings'?
Listing the text's main ideas to reveal how it is organized.
What is 'outlining'?
Placing a text in historical and cultural context.
What is 'contextualizing'?
What is 'recognizing logical fallacies'?
Evaluating the conflicting values and assumptions embodied in the language of a text.
What is 'looking for patterns of opposition'?
Distilling the main ideas or gist of a text.
What is 'summarizing'?
Examining how metaphors, similes, symbols, etc. are used in a text to convey meaning and evoke feelings.
What is 'exploring the significance of figurative language'?
Identifying texts that unfairly and inappropriately use emotional appeals based on false or exaggerated claims.
What is 'recognizing emotional manipulation'?
Integrating ideas and information gleaned from different sources into your own thinking and writing.
What is 'synthesizing'?
Restating what you have read to clarify or refer to it.
What is 'paraphrasing'?
Thinking about how images add meaning to a text.
What is 'analyzing visuals'?
What is 'judging the writer's credibility'?
Examining the bases of your personal responses to a text.