critical reading strategies moving from analysis to interpretation adapted from d. rosenwasser and...
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Critical Reading StrategiesMoving from analysis to interpretation
Adapted from D. Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen, Writing Analytically (2006)
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Notice and Focus
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Benefits Forces you to consider the data more
carefully before responding Prevents you from generalizing too soon,
before you truly understand the data Will give you better ideas to write about Will inactivate your like/dislike switch
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Rules: 1. Annotate
Slow down; resist judgment Ask yourself these questions
What do I notice? What do I find most interesting? What do I find most strange? What do I find most revealing?
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Rules:2. List all of the details you notice
3. Ask: What top three details or specific features of the subject are most interesting (strange, revealing, significant)
4. Rank the details
5. Say why the top three details are interesting (strange, revealing, significant)
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Strands and Binaries
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Benefits Attains the big picture Prevents overgeneralizing Can see what is the most important idea(s) Triggers ideas Digs into language to unearth the thinking
behind a text’s organizing similarities and contrasts
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Rules:1. List and number exact repetitions of
substantive (meaning carrying) words (vs. a, the, is etc.)
2. List repetitions of synonyms, e.g., polite, courteous, decorous (strands)
3. List words that seem to be in opposition, e.g., kindly/unfriendly (binaries)
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Rules:4. Choose one repetition, strand, or binary as
most important, interesting, etc. and explain why.
5. Look for exceptions (anomalies) to the patterns you have discerned; they usually can be part of a strand or opposition.
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Disclaimer Sometimes a struggle among points of view
demonstrates that a number of binaries appear to be the primary organizing principle
No one “right” answer exists