Chapter 5 Section 5.1

Chapter 5 Section 5.1
Understanding Rhetorical Reading
In this chapter they go over the process of reading in a rhetorical sense rather than writing, since its always good to gather information before starting a paper, and also it enables us to read someone elses work and identify the rhetoric in that and use it in our own. They mention some things we should look for are Vocabulary, Unfamiliar Rhetorical Content, Unfamiliar Genre, and a Lack of Background Knowledge.
After expressing some tips for reading the rhetoric better they introduce a topic they call reading with and against the grain, meaning to read a paper with an attitude akin to positivity, looking for the things done right, and then adversely reading it for that which could be done better. After that they talk about Summary writing, which is self explanatory that it is writing a summary of events or just the essential information, that which is the base of your writing. Lastly they approach the topic of response writing, which is essential writing your own work based off of or approaching the argument made in a different paper, which takes good rhetoric skill in both writing and reading, and combining the two skills.