ENWR
Three types of old information:

Information readers bring to the text.
The disputed 2000 election reflected deep political divisions within the country.

Information readers learn as they read.
The disputed 2000 election reflected deep political divisions within the country. These divisions fell
largely along geographical lines, with states in the Northeast and along the west coast going to Gore and
states in the south and in the middle going to Bush.
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Information the text implies.
The disputed 2000 election reflected deep political divisions within the country. These divisions fell
largely along geographical lines, with states in the Northeast and along the west coast going to Gore and
states in the south and in the middle going to Bush. Disturbed by these divisions, both political parties plan
to try to broaden their bases of support before the 2004 elections.
Problems with information flow.
Diagnose You probably have a problem with information flow if you
1. Draw a line under the first six or seven words and do not find a character or concept your
reader has heard of before.
2. Circle the first major noun in the sentence and do not find a word or idea that the
previous sentences have led you to expect.
Revise
1. List the characters and concepts in the argument, human and nonhuman.
2. Select one or a small group of characters or concepts that thread through your argument.
3. Rearrange each sentence so it begins with one of the characters or concepts you have
selected.
Practice sentences
Details regarding how America is described by Humbert during his trip with Lolita were given
by John Haegert.
Various literary critics, aiming to describe how Humbert’s rhetoric works, have written articles
about Lolita.