Blog Post #5: Reading as Thinking

     When I am reading how I see is in color in my mind's eye.  I visualize in my mind's eye like a movie and it is like I am watching a movie in my mind.  The kinds of things that are easier to see in my mind include when I am reading about actual people or characters because I can think about them in my mind and create a movie in my mind.  I hear what I am reading in my mind just like I hear dialogue in real life or in a movie.  I picture characters like real people in movies and I think about how the characters sound when they talk and what they look like.  When I am reading I respond to confusion by reading over what I did not understand and by reading it slowly.

    I experience a variety of feelings when I am reading depending on what I am reading.  I experience positive and negative feelings, just like I do in the real world.  During reading I am able to connect ideas to previous texts that I have read and compare the book I am currently reading to books I have read in the past.  I think a very important point about reading is being able to connect ideas from different books and authors.  I believe that helps with learning and drawing conclusions.

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