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Demystifying Myths: Analyzing Linguistic Aspects and Critical Reading Strategies

Explore the intricate world of myths and the linguistic aspects that shape our understanding. This analysis delves into the origins, forms, and functions of myths, addressing common problems and misconceptions. By employing critical reading strategies, we challenge preconceived notions and uncover the effects of the author's choices. The essay emphasizes the limits of knowledge, affects, and self-interest in the conveyance of information. Through careful reading and inquiry, we can deconstruct myths that influence our worldview and discover the truths hidden within narratives.

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Demystifying Myths: Analyzing Linguistic Aspects and Critical Reading Strategies

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  1. Something fishy? Smell a rat? Not add up?

  2. Got myths? • Forms? • Functions? • Origins ? • Problems? • Mystify • Mystification • Mythologize • Add “de-” –what do you get? analyzing Linguistic aspects

  3. Once upon a time… Magical storytelling… Well, let’s take a closer look… And critical reading as myth-busting

  4. Author & texts’ LIMITS • “Simple” empirical Errors • deliberate Dishonesty • Polemics & Propaganda • Preconceived notions • Close-minded • Self-deceptions

  5. (some) Sources of mystifications • Self-interest • Subconscious • Limits of knowledge • Ideology • Affect • Prior knowledge

  6. Some things to pay attention toabout Authors’ choices

  7. Critical reading strategies Careful reading vs

  8. Words choices:

  9. Emphasis/deemphasize • Dismissed • —fluff-filler

  10. unmentioned

  11. Using passive voice –hides agency:

  12. Vague/missing Explanation of causes/results:

  13. Cracks in the BIG Picture • All-good/all-bad • ‘one-sided’ sources • One-sided use of sources • No one else gets the story “right” No further inquiry/analysis needed • Title word choices: “The”?

  14. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states wereadded to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slavestates, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.[4.30.09 updated]

  15. demystifying juxtaposing with prior knowledge, within the text and new inquiry

  16. Keeping Myths alive • Social creatures exposed to pre-existing myths= part of our PK • Can pass on to others • Poor, inaccessible corrective information • Gratifies/serves our sense of self interest

  17. The BEGINNING…

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