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Week 7: Academic Reading tips I + Reflection









Expository writing : manipulating critical thinking and and generating fresh perspectives

preconceived and inhibitive thoughts restricts newer mental states.

Open mindedness, transparency and willingness to experience new things

Inquisitiveness, you actually want to discover, in order to enter a research mindset.
5 "whys":a healthy doubting aptitude:
 what words are used? what words are repeated? Are the syntaxes connected?
Narrative voice? POV? Tone and literary devices used?

Establish a strong interest enough to bear a willingness to be wrong to see new possibilities. In other words, be flexible.

Support and elaborate your sparklets and specific angles to write clear-cut essays.

THOUGHT IMPACT: TENSE DISENGAGED STRESS UNINTERESTING

change out these thoughts with a research basis state as mentioned above:


Literal meaning, nuanced meaning, then to slow read Select passages. Anonnate text

  1. Read through a literal level to glean information of the plot

    Diction,

     tone,

     rhetorical and literary devices

     narrative voice

  2. metaphorical and ironic level (nuances and insight)- analysis of minute details and patterns, words, structures and any other significant features
    :inductive reasoning: careful gathering of data and careful thinking of what the data might add up to.
  3. introspective level that is reflective and interpretative: besides noticing and recording observations, reel them into a centre of gravity to make a coherent argument: not just the how, but also the why, where you'll find the criticality of the text. Ask, so what? Don't just goggle and stare in awe at the "cool"insights you discover.

exercise prompted: Have a deep reading, annotate, and ask the author questions to the text, get answers, and make an essay outline. Present a debatable central idea and 4 main points orbiting around your idea, and give compelling arguments.





Introspection: Preconceived Thoughts are capable of shaping or trashing your reading experience, especially if the mind is in a vulnerable and lazy state, content of its current position without the thirst for knowledge. David Bleich: find the most important word in the text, the most important passage and the most important feature. Specify why, and you'll be unique.
In order to smoothen the learning process and absorption of new world views in addition to thought provoking concepts, it will be often wise and necessary to invest in ways to distract the brain from distraction. Outsmart the the train of thought by keeping the task at hand interesting and full of fruitful challenge.
Exercising the use of Sparklets do help in viewing different texts in various new lights, as comparisons between the incomparable will always evoke new, even controversial thought, which will produce interesting sparks.


Losing a sense of time while getting into the zone, engaging and merging with the activity. When I submerged myself into the world i was creating, the immersion was so complete that the real world has dissolved and my perception of time had turned awry. The innate sense of accomplishment and the drive to achieve this goal through my skillsets made me ring up a focused state of concentration, totally at peace with myself. This unlocks the flow.

The state of flow is like the spirit world in ATLA. You can only enter it after years of acquiring deep meditation and reflection, which gives you control over the seas of distraction within one's cognition. It would also be necessary to keep entering the state in order to familiarise oneself with the topography and timeline that may be warped and foreign to new practitioners. It is hard, but it is ultimately rewarding.




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