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8. Recognizing Reading as a Transaction ~ What kind of person is the author? ~ Did you find her to be someone you couldlike or not? For what reasons? ~ What values or attitudes does the author want you to affirm or question? What ideas of the author did you agree with? Disagree with? ~ Did you notice things in the story that made a pattern? Why did the author create patterns? ~ How did you feel about the way the story was told? Is there anything you enjoyed or were irritated with about the way the book was written? ~ What do you feel is the most significant/important word/passage/event from the story? Wh? 9. Evaluating the Author. The Self as a Reader. ~ What kind of reader was the book written for? What kind of person do you think the author imagined in his mind's eye? ARe you that reader? ~ Did you sympathize with the author's worldview? Did any of his/her attitudes or opinions make the book difficult, enjoyable, reassuring or annoying? ~ Would you read the story again?If so, would you read it differently? ~ If you read it before, does it seem different this time? What did you notice that you didn't last time? ~ What will you do differently the next time you read? What are your goals for the next time you read? |