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When most of us read books, we simply soak in the words like a lecture, where we sit there listening bored as one person talks to us for hours on end. To "have a conversation" with the text means that when you read, discuss the concepts laid out in front of you with yourself. What is the author saying? Who is he trying to persuade? Do I agree with what he is saying, why or why not? Do not just read the text; talk back to it by asking yourself questions and truly taking something out of the reading. By reading in this critical manner not only does this tactic re-enforce what you have just read but, furthermore you’ll read in a more efficient manner versus reading in the typical sense due to the fact that asking these question and scrutinizing every detail means you have already deciphered the rhetorical meaning of this article, without having to double back and re-read to comprehend the meaning in its