Taking all of this into consideration and having carefully analyzed this chapter, the reader is compelled by logic to agree with Shermer that one can have religion without morality, and morality without religion.
Ethos - established credibility Pathos - use of humor logos - use of evidence
advance to assess its difficulty level and to determine how much reading time to set aside.
time management.
Why? Why am I being asked to read this passage? In other words, what are the instructions my professor has given me? What? What am I supposed to get out of this passage? That is, what are the main concerns, questions, and points of the text? What do you need to remember for class? How? How will I remember what I just read? In most cases, this means taking notes and defining key terms.
Why - the instructions what - main concerns How - retaining information
When you finish, stop for a few minutes and think about what you just read. What is your first impression? Did you enjoy it? Why or why not? What was the most memorable part of the reading? Did something in it surprise you?
Active Reading - taking time to process what you have read and if you understand it. Make note of unknown words and look them up. Make note of idea or connections you are able to make.
approach reading with a strategy that helps them get the most out of their reading.
Reading with the purpose of understanding.
look for the main idea of the material, its themes, and for words they do not understand.
reading with the purpose of understand the material, need to be able to summarize, support that summary with ideas presented, and expand vocabulary.