RLW Reading

RLW reading is reading but not to understand the content of what you are reading but understand the structure of the piece to better understand why the author put these pieces together. It is also asking helpful questions about the work you are reading to view the authors reasoning of why the things he/she said were put in their writing . Some important questions you should ask yourself for example are; who wrote this piece either a student or a professor?, who is the intended audience? and are the techniques the author using helpful to get their point across? All of these questions should be helpful to put your own work together, with examples of professional writers. This should give you a clear example of what are some good writing techniques that worked for some authors or some that maybe you should stay away from when you are writing your papers. After analyzing the papers using RLW you should have notes that explain the structure of what you read such s the language being used the type of rhetoric used if any or the genre it is written. I am looking forward to start reading to understand the structure instead of the content I think it will really enhance my writing skills to more professional because now I will be actually using Language Composition in my writing. RLW is also going to make it easier for me to understand what I am going to be reading about.
When I was reading how “RLW reading” helps writers I automatically thought about my favorite story “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Even though it is a short story it has been the best story I have read that describes so many kinds of feelings in such short amount of time. The word structure the author uses grabs the readers attention.
“There are things in that paper which nobody knows but me, or ever will.
Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.
It is always the same shape, only very numerous.
And it is like a woman stooping down and creeping about behind that pattern. I don’t like it a bit. I wonder—I begin to think—I wish John would take me away from here!”
This is one of my favorite parts from the book because it is foreshadowing what will happen the author also uses dark diction which creates a gloomy mood. It is the word structure that makes me really get in depth with what am reading. It also guides me to understand what really is happening with this lady. The structure used in this short story is definitely one that I would use to write a story. I would use this type of structure overall because I know it caught my attention and I know if I use it I will also catch peoples attention.
Work cited
Bunn, Mike.”How to Read Like a Writer.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. Ed. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Vol. 1. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor P, 2010. 71-86. Writing Spaces. Web. 2 Feb. 2016.

SparkNotes Editors. (2006). SparkNote on The Yellow Wallpaper. Retrieved January 22, 2016, from http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/yellowwallpaper/