College Composition / Unit 1 CMP 0008 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Writer, Text, Reader
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The idea
Reading rhetorically means asking why a message was built the way it was, and writing rhetorically means building your own on purpose.
In practice
A critical reader asks whether a text is fair, whether its evidence is credible, and whether its reasoning makes sense, before accepting its conclusions.
Where people slip
Reading once, quickly, rarely reaches that level; plan to reread and to question the text.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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