Active Reading on Literature

While reading 'active reading on literature' it began to explain different type of reading styles. For me personally that is pretty vital as being a reading due to the fact there are so many different angles one can look at reading. I found it very interesting about asking questions while you are reading. Often, at times, I catch myself asking questions when I read a piece of literature. My main question usually in the beginning of most literature that I read, listen to, write about. I like to know the source of where the author is coming from in order to have a solid foundation of what the reading is about.

Also, imagery is very important on how the piece of literature is written. It truly affects a persons emotions and feelings. As well as someone telling me a story. I have a friend back home that whenever she tells you anything makes it seem like its the best or worse thing EVER! She uses so much repetition, dialogue, imagery, emotions that you can not help but be drawn into her story. Often though, I think she over exaggerates on her stories, but don't we all to a certain extreme exaggerate a story when it comes from a different source? Honestly even if she dose over exaggerate the stories they are pretty darn good.

I liked how jotting down notes on the side and underlining was repeated throughout the reading. It showed me the vitality of such a task not only when going back and re-reading passages but just the mental note of such a task. During my devotionals I LOVE to underline and jot down notes because it truly helps me remember and when I look back at the reading I can find my favorite passages very quickly.

The Story of An Hour, I liked the noting on the side. For example "aquiver with a new spring life" is very descriptive, and if it was not noted on the side of the paper I would read past it. But with importance to the detail makes the piece more visual.

Poetry is very intrigued, it can speak so much in such little spacing and wording. Sometimes the quality of wording in a song or poems is WAY better then the quantity in literature and even in other factors of life. It speaks profound meanings. Going off a tangent I noticed a lot of songs are repetitive and repetition truly makes you remember and thus making the song pretty catchy. Sweet. Sometimes though repetition can be very annoying and you have a song stuck in your head that will just not go away. Just like not end this blog might be annoying to you ;) (just kidding).


Signing off,
Nataliya