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- When you read rhetorically, you are joining the conversation with the writer as an active, engaged, and critical participant. This type of reading is not a strategy like active reading or a formula that we can apply to every text. Instead, reading rhetorically is a habit of mind that life-long learners work to adopt.
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How to Read Rhetorically. When we read rhetorically, we are moving beyond simply trying to comprehend what an author is saying at a basic level. Instead, one who reads rhetorically seeks to understand how meaning in a text is shaped not only by the text itself, but also the context. Rhetorically focusing on the text might include observing the ...
This type of reading is not a strategy like active reading or a formula that we can apply to every text. Instead, reading rhetorically is a habit of mind that life-long learners work to adopt. This habit of mind will help you engage with texts–from social media posts to peer-reviewed journal articles and everything in between–instead of ...
- Liza Long
- Boise
- 2020
2.3 How to Read Rhetorically. When we read rhetorically, we are moving beyond simply trying to comprehend what an author is saying at a basic level. Instead, one who reads rhetorically seeks to understand how meaning in a text is shaped not only by the text itself, but also the context. Rhetorically focusing on the text might include observing ...
- Melanie Gagich Emilie Zickel
- Cleveland
- 2018
Rhetorical readers understand that authors make choices about content, structure, and style based on the rhetorical context in which they are operating. Furthermore, rhetorical readers recognize their own context for reading, match their reading strategies with the text, and vary their reading process according to their purpose for reading.
Nov 10, 2023 · The following are key features of the critical approach to reading: No text, however skillfully written or authoritative, contains its own, pre-determined meaning. Audiences bring their education, situated knowledge, and experience to bear on texts in order to better understand their meanings.
Rhetorically Reading the Text: Understanding What the Author is Trying to Say. The following are questions and prompts that can help lead you to a rhetorical reading of a text: Who is the author? What else have they written? What is the author’s occupation? Is the author a journalist, professor, business person, or entertainer?
Rhetorically focusing on the context might include observing and researching the following: the context of the text; the author’s identity, values, and biases; the audience’s interests and needs; the medium in which the author composes; the purpose for creating the text, and more.
