The document below details some of what students need to know to prosper in Parnassus. Click on the images to return to class or home pages.

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READING RHETORICALLY

First Reading - Concentrate on sympathetic reading.

Find out:

What the subject is -

What the problem is -

What position the author takes on the problem -

What arguments the author offers to persuade the reader of his/her solutions -

 

Use these techniques to discover meaning and structure:

Annotation

Underline the end of the introduction

Circle the concluding paragraph(s)

Bracket each of the main idea

Make an idea web

Construct an archetectonic model of the essay