Go to the Smithsonian Institution (SIRIS) site in the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts" and click on the Search Collections tab. Use the search phrase “personal hygiene advertisements” and then choose two of the ads that appear in the archive after you’ve browsed the dozens of hits. Apply this section’s questions to two ads you’ve chosen. Then get to know the search engine on the SIRIS site a little better by trying out a few search phrases of your own on topics of interest to you. 2.3 Reading a Text Carefully and Closely LEARNING OBJECTIVES Demonstrate how to do a close reading on a selection from the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts". Uncover the assumptions and implications of textual statements and understand how biases and preconceptions affect readers and writers. Show how a close reading of any statement is based on uncovering its assumptions, biases, preconceptions, and implications. In this section, we’ll use an excerpt from one of the most famous inaugural addresses in American history, from John F. Kennedy in 1961, to demonstrate how to do a close reading by separating fact and opinion; uncovering assumptions, biases, and preconceptions; and pursuing the implications of textual statements. (The address is available in its entirety through the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts" in Section 2.1 "Browsing the Gallery of Web-Based Texts", in text form at the Avalon Project, and in video form at the C-SPAN Video Library.) To prepare yourself to develop a thoughtful, critical reading of a text like this, you might begin with the Twenty Questions about Self, Text, and Context from Chapter 1 "Writing to Think and Writing to Learn", filling in each blank with “Kennedy’s Inaugural Address.” Twenty Questions about Self, Text, and Context Self-Text Questions What do I think about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What do I feel about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What do I understand or what puzzles me in or about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What turns me off or amuses me in or about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address?
Go to the Smithsonian Institution (SIRIS) site in the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts" and click on the Search Collections tab. Use the search phrase “personal hygiene advertisements” and then choose two of the ads that appear in the archive after you’ve browsed the dozens of hits. Apply this section’s questions to two ads you’ve chosen. Then get to know the search engine on the SIRIS site a little better by trying out a few search phrases of your own on topics of interest to you. 2.3 Reading a Text Carefully and Closely LEARNING OBJECTIVES Demonstrate how to do a close reading on a selection from the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts". Uncover the assumptions and implications of textual statements and understand how biases and preconceptions affect readers and writers. Show how a close reading of any statement is based on uncovering its assumptions, biases, preconceptions, and implications. In this section, we’ll use an excerpt from one of the most famous inaugural addresses in American history, from John F. Kennedy in 1961, to demonstrate how to do a close reading by separating fact and opinion; uncovering assumptions, biases, and preconceptions; and pursuing the implications of textual statements. (The address is available in its entirety through the Note 2.5 "Gallery of Web-Based Texts" in Section 2.1 "Browsing the Gallery of Web-Based Texts", in text form at the Avalon Project, and in video form at the C-SPAN Video Library.) To prepare yourself to develop a thoughtful, critical reading of a text like this, you might begin with the Twenty Questions about Self, Text, and Context from Chapter 1 "Writing to Think and Writing to Learn", filling in each blank with “Kennedy’s Inaugural Address.” Twenty Questions about Self, Text, and Context Self-Text Questions What do I think about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What do I feel about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What do I understand or what puzzles me in or about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address? What turns me off or amuses me in or about Kennedy’s Inaugural Address?
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