Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Mr.Lytle
Rhet1312
9February2016
KarenRosenberg,theauthorbehindReadingGames:StrategiesforReadingScholarly
Sourcesexplicatestothestudentshowtobreakdownacademicreadings,thusmakingiteasier
forthemdetectvariousaspectsofthescholarlyreadings.Rosenbergexplainshowwhenwere
readinganacademicpiece,weshouldtrytojoinintheconversationwiththeauthorimagine
ourselvesasthepersontheauthorwastalkingtowhenhewaswritingthepiece.Shealso
suggestshowweshouldneverskipanintrosinceitgenerallyprovidestheaudiencewithmajor
detailsabouttherestofthewritingandhelpstodeterminewearetheprimarygrouporthe
secondarygroup.Rosenbergclaimsthatusuallytheauthorsofacademicwritingsassumethatthe
readerwillhavepriorknowledgeaboutthetopicandtheycanthusproceedwiththeirargument.
Inaddition,theauthorhintsthatscholarlywritingsarenotmeanttobepersuasivesothereader
shouldnotfeelobligatedtodetectpathostheyaremeanttoonlyprovidefactsandmakesure
theiraudiencecanunderstandwhattheyaretryingtoconvey.Thetitlealsogiveshintsastowhat
thewritingisgoingtobeaboutandgenerally,thetitlesareprettylong.Anacademicusually
beginswithablurbortheabstractwhichprovidesdetailsastowhatthearticleisaboutandthe
readercanthendecideiftheywanttocontinueornotwiththereading.
Ibelieveoneofthebestadvicetheauthorprovidedwasthatweshouldreadsmarter,not
hardermeaningthatoneshouldnotsuffertryingtocomprehendanacademicarticle,instead
theyshouldconversatewiththeirpeersorasktheprofessorthepurposeofthisreading.While
readingtheRosenbergsarticle,athoughtoccurredthatwheneverImreadinganything,I
completelyzoneoutandcantfocusonsomethingfortoolong,somyeyeskeepreadingbutmy
mindisnotprocessinganyofthewords.Therefore,thishelpedmerealizethattosolvethis
problem,IshouldtrytopretendasifIamhavinganconversationwiththeauthorwhichwill
keepmefromzoningouttoomuch.
WorksCited
Rosenberg,Karen."ReadingGames:StrategiesforReadingScholarlySources."
WritingSpaces:
ReadingsonWriting
.Vol.2.Parlor,2011.20920.Print.