This chapter brings attention to the many different steps, or levels that need to be taken in order to complete a well written paper. While also focusing on how I as a reader can work to become an active reader.
Being an avid reader while going through the beginning of the chapter on active reading there were things that i read that after thinking about it I realized I do without always realizing, and then there were strategies I know I have never tried before, and plan to in the future when struggling with a text. When i am reading I am constantly rereading when i come to something in particular that didn't make sense, or sometimes when i come to something that really surprised me. I will admit that often times when reading plays i will only read the dialogue or the assigned part for that given day. This chapter stated the importance reading every part of the play including the side notes, and how that will help one to better understand often times. I will also work on reading poetry aloud in order to make better sense of the poetry i am reading.
Throughout the entire writing section of this chapter the main topic was a thesis statement. When writing about i literary piece a postion needs to be taken, and that postition needs to clearly be stated through a strong thesis statment. Through the entire paper everything must always relate back to the thesis statement. One does not need to neccessarily restate the thesis statement, rather just make sure the point that is being made some how relates back to the thesis. After reading this chapter i have found that i am incrediably good at the prewriting stage, and often times will struggle with the actual writing process. I will often times get stuck, i need to work on starting the paper long enough ahead of time in order to be able to put it away for awhile to come back to it with a clearer head.
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