The Reading Process to the contemporary.Copyright © 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. The Longman Writer: Rhetoric and Reader, Seventh Edition, Concise Edition, by Judith Nadell, John Langan and Eliza A. Representing a broad mix of styles and subjects, the essays range from the classic The essays we selected for Part III of this book call for active reading. The more challenging the materials, the more actively involved the reader must be. Even a slick best-seller requires that the reader decode, visualize, and interpret what’s on the page. In contrast, it’s almost impossible to remain passive while reading. It’s easier simply to switch on the television and passively view the ready-made images that flash across the screen. Also, as demands on a person’s time accumulate throughout adolescence and adulthood, reading often gets pushed aside in favor of something that takes less effort. Reading turns into an anxiety-producing chore. As children grow older, though, the initially magical world of books is increasingly associated with homework, tests, and grades.

All children feel great pleasure and Rights Reserved. Why, then, don’t more people delight in reading? After all, most © The New Yorker Collection 1990 Peter Steiner from. Than two hundred years ago, essayist Joseph Addison commented, “Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.” Addison might have added that reading also challenges our beliefs, deepens our awareness, and stimulates our imagination.

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