Fifth Blog

In the book, "The Transitions to College Writing" predatory reader is referred to as "reading from the top of the food chain" which means will you get the information out of the text that you need or will you allow the text to consume you. When the text consumes you, you will not comprehend any information and fail to answer any sort of questions you may be asked on a future exam. It is important for you to develop predatory reading skills for college because you are often asked to read a large chunk of boring information then are tested on the information from the text. Many students including myself allow the text to consume us instead of consuming the text. The five categories that are introduced in "The Transitions to College Writing" are prewriting or planning, composing, revising or rewriting, editing or proofreading, and release. Prewriting or planning is gathering information and ideas to write about. Composing is when you began to put together your ideas and thoughts together to start your paper. Revising or rewriting is looking back on your writing and fixing your writing. Editing or proofreading is making any changes that need to be fixed that you may have missed while revising or rewriting. Lastly, is the release which is turning in your final product. Another tip that "The Transition to College Writing" provides is when it is acceptable to complete writing in one draft. It is acceptable when the task is simple, you know directly what you wanna say and the standards are low. Unfortunately, these have a price which include leaving your reader lost and confused.