what is the point of reading class?

Question

I'm not talking about learning how to read, but like analizing what you read, like writing a summery, or a book report, and finding the plot, ironry and other crap like that. What is the purpose?

Answer 1

It gives you a good chance to down a whole tub of pudding.

Answer 2

The purpose is to get you to think!! To think about the human condition and to react to others who have had similar experiences in life that you are facing or might face. When you talk about plot, irony, setting, character, theme and the like, you are talking about the tools the author uses in writing the book. An effective use of irony might show that bad things happen to good people or that what is justice is not always real. From reading, analyzing, and discussing these elements of a book, you learn from other people's experiences. Sometimes, you are just entertained by what you read, and analyzing the aspects of the book allows you and others to understand better the techniques used so you will recognize them next time you come across them.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

1) Many people actually go to college, etc. to do that for a living.
2) Many standardized tests, such as the SAT, MCAS, CAT, etc. require this skill
3) Knowing how to read does not necessarily give you all the reading skills necessary to fully understand a certain type of literature. To fully understand literature and what the author intended by the literature, you need to have these skills - and honestly, what is the point of reading the literature unless you understand it fully and understand why the author wrote it?
4) If you've ever wanted to be a writer or a journalist, or to write a report etc. for your job, your paper/story/article would not be taken seriously if you didn't know about things like plot development, irony, character development, metaphor, explicit and implicit meaning, personification, contrasts, comparisons, story elements, etc. - you certainly wouldn't get it published or it would be sent back and you'd be told to rewrite it. Without these skills, your paper would read like a childrens book compared to your colleagues paper which would read like War and Peace (comparitively)

Written language is one of historys greatest achievements - it is a lost art if people didn't understand its complxity, beauty and pliabilty.

Where would poetry be without meter, rhythm, rhyming, metaphor, personification, etc?

Answer 4

I'm sure reading and analysis seems pointless now but one day you will need it. Critical thinking will be key to your future (if you hope to aspire past being a programmed robot). To many people today have no idea how to look further than the surface of what they read and find the real key. You cna learn anything you like from a book but you need to know what you are reading. Hang in there, one day i think you will appreciate what you are learning now.
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Answer 5

Reading is the process of retrieving and comprehending some form of stored information or ideas. Writing a summary or book report just helps yourself and who evers reading to understand the story even better. Just reading won't help you comprehend or understand why the author wrote the book.

Answer 6

The purpose is to enhance your reading comprehension. You would really be surprised on how much we read and really don't understand what we just read. When I was in college I would circle words that I didn't understand and then go to dictionary.com to find the meanig of it. When you don't know what something means, you loose the context of what you're supposed to understand. Try it sometime, plus you can use words that maybe your friends don't get!

Answer 7

you learn more about what the author is trying to communicate in their writing. Take George Orwell, his books are full of symbolism and such. When you learn all of the stuff behind the book, it make much more sense and maybe the historical reference will have more meaning to you, then before you read the book.

Answer 8

The purpose is to help develop critical thinking skills, as well as, challenge the mind to come up with different answers. It makes us all a little more creative, because, everyone may have a different answer depending on their own outlook on what they read.

Answer 9

I think it is just supposed to help you actually understand what you are reading. You miss a lot of "reading in between the lines" things when you don't understand some of the themes or writing strategies.

Answer 10

Some say, to better remember it.......For example, do you remember the article you simply read in a magazine two weeks ago? Now, do you remember that book you had to write a report on 2 years ago?

Think of it as building blocks......in school they force you to analize things to death....but you remember them, and in turn, can apply them later in life. Who knows, your future boss might be a fan of Shakespeare and knowing why the fool was the wisest person in his plays impresses her that she hires you to a life changing job......

One must first be exposed to life, before one can understand it....

Answer 11

The purpose is to help you develop analytical and logical skills. Also, by regurgitating you have read logically it shows that you understand the material you are reading.

Reading different genres can expand your knowledge base and understanding of other cultures as well--