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Rhetorical reading
Rhetorical reading
The people at Lumen have put together a comprehensive course on how to read better and how to get more out of your reading. Today I'm going to have you go through their overview of what rhetorical reading is, and some strategies to get the most out of your reading.
When you open the link with the blue button below these instructions, you'll see the first page of the module - and then once you've read through the page, you'll see a button at the bottom to take you to the next page of the module:
Keep track of your pages, since the module is a long and I don't want you to go too far!!
Keep track of your pages, since the module is a long and I don't want you to go too far!!
I'm going to have you do 3 of the module sections:
"Why it matters: Rhetorical Reading" (1 page)
"Rhetorical Context" (3 pages)
"Active and Academic Reading Strategies" (3 pages)
Stop when you get to "Vocabulary building strategies"
Stop when you get to "Vocabulary building strategies"
For each section, read the info on the page, and do any practice that comes up as you read along!
Now, try out some rhetorical reading strategies on a sample AP prompt !
Now, try out some rhetorical reading strategies on a sample AP prompt !
Now try out some rhetorical reading strategies on this sample AP prompt
Now try out some rhetorical reading strategies on this sample AP prompt
Use the following reading strategies from the Lumen module on this sample prompt from the 2020 AP test!
Pose questions about the text in the margins
Annotate (highlight, underline) the key ideas
Connect elements of the text to something you already know
Speculate about the author's purpose for writing
Albright prompt.pdfRhetorical situation notesheet
Rhetorical situation notesheet
Use this notesheet as a way to track the rhetorical situation of any text that you might need to analyze. Try to fill out as much of the sheet in as much detail as you can - the more you notice and observe, the more options you have for analysis later! Feel free to make a copy and save it to your own google drive, or download and print it if you need a paper copy!
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