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At the end of each section, pause to summarize the main points in a few sentences. If you have trouble doing so, revisit that section.
Important for understanding the meaning of a text
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Once you have established your purpose for reading, the next step is to preview the text.
This will help with setting purpose!
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setting a purpose for your reading.
Great tip! This will help me with retention.
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Completing these steps will help you to engage with a text
Reading and engaging with a text are different!
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How many times have you read a page in a book, or even just a paragraph, and by the end of it thought to yourself, “I have no idea what I just read; I can’t remember any of it”?
All the time. Lovely how the brain works, right?
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does the author want to persuade, inspire, provoke humor, or simply inform his audience?
Great question to ask yourself when reading any text.
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Reading critically does not simply mean being moved, affected, informed, influenced, and persuaded by a piece of writing.
Although, this is still really important!!
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Critical reading can even help you hone your own argumentation skills because it requires you to think carefully
This is something that anyone can benefit from.
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With scholarly articles, critical reading can help you evaluate their potential reliability as future sources.
Very important when it comes to reading and writing for college!
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