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What is a Reading Report?
Definition and Purpose
- A reading report is a text that emerges from the reading of a work, serving to express our reading experience and interpretation of the text. It acts as a study method for organizing, analyzing, and critiquing a work.
- This method encourages reflection on what has been read while providing a viewpoint and interpretation, helping to prioritize information and organize thoughts. It involves formulating a reading hypothesis supported by arguments and evidence from the text.
Characteristics of a Reading Report
- A reading report should be an autonomous text that can be understood independently without needing to refer back to the original source material (the book or text).
- Key elements for crafting the report include conducting careful readings with note-taking and highlighting important sections for easier analysis later on.
Steps in Creating a Reading Report
- Summary: Begin with a brief summary that reconstructs what has been read, selecting key ideas and situations organized succinctly to reflect comprehension of the text. For example, summarizing "El almohadón de plumas" by Horacio Quiroga would start here.
- Analysis: Analyze elements such as theme, narrative type, narrator's role, character characteristics, structure of the text, and its social-historical context which influences the narrated events. If dealing with other types of texts like essays or opinion articles, different elements would need analysis (e.g., ideas and arguments).
- Author's Purpose: Express what the author's perspective is regarding the topic addressed in the text—what they hope readers will understand or feel through their writing (e.g., whether it aims to scare or move readers). This step clarifies authorial intent within your report.
- Personal Opinion: Provide your personal insights about how the text affected you—what stood out as relevant or confusing—and support these opinions with reasons based on your engagement with the material. Critique aspects if necessary but always provide justification for your views.
- Bibliography: Include references according to APA guidelines or those specified by your instructor; this should encompass title details, author name(s), publication year, publisher information along with any external sources used in crafting your report.