One reading strategy that helped me understand the text was reading the introduction of the text. Reading the introduction of the text allowed me to get background information on what the author would be talking about and understand the main reason that will be talked about. Although this did help me understand the text more, if the introduction was too long and I understood what the author is aiming to talk about, I would skim the rest of the introduction to not waste time. I would recommend this strategy to a friend because it makes it easier to read the rest of the text. One way I would amend it is by making the introduction as short as possible while keeping all the useful and needed main reasons. I will use this method again. When the author says that reading an academic text is like entering a conversation I think it means that one is entering ideas that open up a lot of thinking and can be discussed. One can have a conversation with a text by discussing and analyzing the concepts, this helps to understand what the text is trying to get across. The reading strategies discussed can affect my writing because now I will think about who is my targeted audience for anything I write and also will remember to try and give a good understanding of what my main idea is in the introduction. I will be more aware more about my conclusion also knowing now the re-phrasing can help the reader understand the text more.
“Reading Like a Writer” is different from the way I read in other classes because I am usually reading to understand and learn the knowledge that the author wrote about. When one reads like a writer, they are paying attention to how a text is formatted and all the choices the author made. The choices as a writer that readers can identify in my written work is I restate the question into a statement that gives the answer and the way I like to give as much background information I can in the introduction. Things I noticed in this essay that I would consider using in my own writing, is having long examples of other people’s work that would directly relate to the topic. I also noticed having separated sections that start with a question for the title. I believe the long examples are a writing technique and the question titles are a strategy. I could use these skills when I am breaking down a concept. Some ways you can learn about the context of the text before reading it is by looking at the title, asking yourself who is the targeted audience, what the genre is, and identifying any techniques from the first glance.