Rhetorical Reading Worksheet DIRECTIONS: For each assigned reading, you will answer the following questions about the reading. Please be specific referring to page numbers when possible. YOUR NAME: AUTHOR(S): TITLE OF TEXT: 1) What is the author’s main claim? How do you know? 2) What are three pieces of evidence that the author uses to support this claim?      3) Do the author's make valid claims? Why/why not?      4) How does this text relate to another piece of reading from this class (or from earlier composition courses)? How are the author's interacting (similar topics, directly mentioning each other, referring to the same texts, etc.?      5) Considering the trajectory of the class and our course objectives, what will you take from this reading as you move forward? Why do you consider this to be an important lesson in helping you succeed in writing for the academy?      6) Write three questions the text triggered in you while reading.