Introduction

The introduction of “Reading about Reading” has very useful information and prepares you for what to expect during the next semester. The introduction explains what the class is not about and how many people go into the class assuming they know what they are going to learn that semester. This book will guide us on how to connect the readings assigned into our own personal experiences. The introduction also gives tips on how to move through the introduction of readings because they maybe difficult to understand. After reading certain articles or anything for that matter, the introduction states that you should be able to raise new arguments and ideas, which will then produce rich conversation. In order to form good conversation simple questions should be asked so they can become more in-depth as conversation continues creating counterarguments. Stuart Green explains how writers use frames to create work, making the most important aspects of their writing stand out. The purpose of this book is to show how different research allows for new information to be discovered as well as, how research creates conversation and arguments.

            After reading the introduction, it became clear to me what this class was going to be about. The introduction helped me understand how to read the articles by forming new ideas from them and being able to form and answer questions. I think the introduction was very helpful because it gave me useful tips on how to go about reading these scholarly articles. At first I was a bit hesitant when we were assigned our first reading and writing assignment because the information seemed to go over my head. Now I know how to break it down and understand why the writer chose to write they way they did. I now will be able to think more deeply about the text and I will hopefully get better overtime.