Strategies Moving from analysis to interpretation Adapted from D Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen Writing Analytically 2006 Notice and Focus Benefits Forces you to consider the data more carefully before responding ID: 135519
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Critical Reading Strategies
Moving
from analysis to interpretation
Adapted from D.
Rosenwasser
and Jill Stephen, Writing Analytically (2006)Slide2
Notice and FocusSlide3
Benefits
Forces you to consider the data more carefully before responding
Prevents you from
generalizing
or evaluating
too soon, before you truly understand the data
Will give you better ideas to write about
Will inactivate your
like/dislike—agree/ disagree
switchSlide4
Rules:
1. Annotate
Slow down; resist judgment
Ask yourself these questions
What do I notice?
What do I find most interesting?
What do I find most strange?
What do I find most revealing?Slide5
Rules:
List all of the details you notice
Rank the
details: Which
details
or specific features of the subject are most interesting (strange, revealing, significant
)?
Explain
why
the top three details are interesting (strange, revealing, significant)Slide6
Strands and BinariesSlide7
Benefits
Attains the big picture
Prevents overgeneralizing
Can see what is the most important idea(s)
Triggers ideas
Digs into language to unearth the thinking behind
a text’s organizing
similarities and contrastsSlide8
Rules:
List and number
exact
repetitions of substantive (meaning carrying) words (vs. a, the, is etc.)
List repetitions of
synonyms
, e.g., polite, courteous, decorous (strands)
List words that seem to be in
opposition
, e.g., kindly/unfriendly (binaries)Slide9
Rules:
Look
for exceptions (anomalies) to the patterns you have discerned; they usually can be part of a strand or opposition.
Choose
one
repetition, strand, or binary as most important, interesting, etc. and explain why
.Slide10
Disclaimer
Sometimes a struggle among points of view demonstrates that a number of binaries appear to be
the
primary organizing principle
No one “right” answer exists