Wednesday, March 23, 2011
1. Reading is commonly used to find out information, however, in RLW, reading is used to learn about the writer, and the way in which the piece was constructed. This method involves the questions “Why?” ,“How?” and “Who?” more than the usual “What?”
2. While sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and organization heavily impact the way I write, the most easily identifiable characteristic of a piece that anyone compiles is their ethos. This voice sets the style of a writer and helps to identify the writer’s piece.
3. Due to the title, the most noticeable element in this piece is the writing style. The author writes to be read, it is a simple text, where he describes how to read like a writer. The effect is that his own text is read in this fashion, the style, elements, and fashion in which he writes is heavily observed and analyzed. This is a technique that I would like to carry over to many other pieces of literature.
4. The context of a piece is vital to its impact. For example, in RLW, the author has a clear and simple tone, which helps to convey his message to a large audience. This is the same reason why newspapers separate their text into miniature paragraphs; it keeps the reader involved and makes them believe that what they are reading is less intimidating than a massive block of text. This is why, by analyzing the context of a piece before reading it you can tell the target audience.
Hi Martin. Full credit on your first post. In response to your first point above, be sure to provide supporting details for what you write. For example, what are you expected to do with the information that you learn while using RLW. Also, please change the display name so your classmates and I will know who is posting. I am not allowing anonymous posting on our blog. Thanks.
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