ENG2611 ASSIGNMENT 1 2022

ENG2611 ASSIGNMENT 1 2022.1.1. There are five important techniques used in the process of critical reading. The 1st is a process over surveying the text as a whole, this allows the reader to gain an overview of the content of the text or by finding all of the key concepts of the texts. There are two main ways to survey a text. The reader can skim read or scan. Skim reading is when the reader reads though the whole text forcing on the overall main concepts and points. Scanning a text is when the reader looks only at the key concepts and specific words. The 2nd process is asking or setting questions for yourself before you read through the text thoroughly. This guides the reader and his/her thought process as they go through the text. Questions like: “why am I reading this text?”, “what do I already know about the subject matter of this text?”, “how does this text relate to me?”, “what information do I need to take out of this text?”, “what is this text actually saying?”. Asking questions like these aids in your reading changing from passive to active by helping you actively think about the content of the texts while you are thoroughly reading it. The 3rd process is simply actively reading the text. This is when you read though the text considering the meaning of the content and what the author means to convey. In this stage it is important to keep in mind thee context of the text, i.e. when was it written, for who was it written, why was it written. These types of background questions helped build the context for the text, allowing us to actively engage with the multiple layers of the texts content. The 4th process is reviewing the text. This is not judging how much you enjoyed the reading of the text but rather it is ensuring that in the process of actively reading the text you understood the context, vocabulary used and the key concepts. By going over these and ensuring that you fully grasp the text you are able to ensure that you remember the key points. In this stage it is advised that you write down the key points and concepts and words that you battled to understand. This also starts the process of thinking deeply about what you have just read. This leads into the 5th process of review and recording the key concepts. This is the process where you think about the texts as a whole and in terms of key concepts. This is where you answer the questions that you set for yourself before thoroughly reading the text. Here you stop and pounder that key concepts, how they relate to each other, how the relate to the context of the text as well as the text itself and lastly how they relate to you as the reader. In this process of review the content of the text it important to fill any gaps in your understanding of the text and its content, this allows for complete absorption of the information and for assimilation to take place. This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :35:30 GMT -06:00 1.2. The author critically evaluates the people selling diet products by taking about his experiences wit them. It is clear to immediately see his opinion due to the types of adjectives he employs. He does this to paint these sellers in a negative light from the offset. He uses words like “disconcerting”, “bulky” and “hit-and-run”. Each of these relates to the general thought pattern and feelings related to over-weight people and dieting products. These are all used to exacerbate the view of these sellers. He creates a picture of the sellers as opportunistic, one dimensional, obsessive, ugly hunters looking for ‘fat people’ to pray upon. The tone of the words used by the seller aids the picture created by the author. The tone has a semi-formal register due to the fact the seller is addressing a protentional customer, but it is not full formal as the seller is using emotive language. This along with the vocabulary choice, displays the sellers desperate need for a “fat profit.” The words order of the sellers sentence shows that the seller does not care about the customer as the marketing of diet products would suggest but only about profits that she could make. This text uses vocabulary, emotive language (most adjectives) and tone to create a negative spotlight on the sellers of diet products. 1.3. Summary:  Television (TV) is not toast.  Toast - Indirect level of awareness; think we ignore it.  TV – more persuasive than toast.  TV Should cause strain. – being talked at.  TV’s communicates. Does it connect?  TV replaced hearth in households.  No insulation from TV’s.  Can create extraordinary conversations. Q&A’s.  Learned more from TV than anything else.  TV in 600 million homes. Notes and annotations:  TV vs. Toast  New technology vs. old technology  New technology: more controlling and memorising / captivating.  Hearth: is the floor at the bottom of a fireplace. longing for hearth and home. The TV has become the new/modern gathering point of families.  TV can be an educational tool and not just a mind-numbing escape.  Questions and answers are important. Are you quietly watching the TV? Or are you active and switched on when watching the TV?  Great sources of new information, beyond the news. This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :35:30 GMT -06:00  Gamer error: “I and the children have learned more from the television,..” correction: “The children and I have learned more from the television,...”  1 st aim: entertain  2 nd aim: educate  Rule of thumb: everyone has a TV.  [Picture of my actual page:] This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :35:30 GMT -06:00 1.4. Critical writing is the process of using words to express your inner thoughts and feelings. The other form, academic from, is to make, agree or disagree with an argument, point of view or conclusion of an academic text. Critical writing is not criticism. This is due to the fact that academic writing Is not negative or positive but rather factual in nature and is used to add to knowledge and understanding of a particular subject matter. Critical writing should also be relatively concise. It should present a logical and balanced facts to support the texts conclusion. It shows represent the strength, short-comings and your own opinion in a clear manner.