Reading multimodal texts actively

Writing practice: Reading multimodal texts actively

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Use your handbook’s advice on previewing, annotating, and conversing with an image or a multimodal text to guide your active reading of one of the following visuals—an infographic by a government agency and a photograph by Alexandra Hays—or a visual of your choice. Pay particular attention to details and to what surprises or interests you about the text and what you notice on a second reading. If you could talk with the composer of the text, what questions would you ask? Record some ideas in the space below.

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Use your handbook’s advice on previewing, annotating, and conversing with an image or a multimodal text to guide your active reading of one of the following visuals—an infographic by a government agency and a photograph by Alexandra Hays—or a visual of your choice. Pay particular attention to details and to what surprises or interests you about the text and what you notice on a second reading. If you could talk with the composer of the text, what questions would you ask? Record some ideas in the space below.

Exchange notes and questions with a classmate. Then reflect on how the process of reading and questioning a visual helped you understand it and form a judgment about it. Record your reflections and questions in the space below the visuals.

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Exchange notes and questions with a classmate. Then reflect on how the process of reading and questioning a visual helped you understand it and form a judgment about it. Record your reflections and questions in the space below the visuals.