“I Can’t Relate to This Essay” (A Popular Defense Mechanism)

Reading and Analysis: What and Why
This post breaks down the meaning of “analysis” and offers techniques for “reading as a college writer.”

Six Reading Strategies
This post was written late in the semester of Spring 2014 when students were nearing testing time.  What will you do if you sit down to write the CATW and anxiety takes the form of: “I don’t know what this essay means!”