"Strong Reading"

    According to our texts Allyn and Bacon and the Ways of Reading "strong reading" is selections of reading that require more attention than a "written summary" or a "recitation of main ideas." Strong reading is not easy reading. Although they are more difficult to interpret than easy reading, strong reading is not meant to be inaccessible to students, but it is more thought provoking for a reason. In addition to the definitions given in these books, I believe that strong reading is text that is meant to make you think. It is not to make us get frustrated, but it is to help give us a new view on a position or situation. I think strong reading is used to help us leave our comfort zone and expose us to other ways of reading, rather than what we are used to.