This article touches on both analytical reading and its application in essay writing. I wouldn't say that it's wrong exactly - a lot of it overlaps with my own way of doing things, though I tend to use far fewer tables - but some of the things are a bit misleading. For example, the authors write, "I think lectures are the perfect place to start for essay writing." That really depends on the lecture, and also, if you want to be at all original, it's necessary to depart from the frame everyone else is using. I would re-emphasize the value of what they call 'close reading' but the method (such as it is) differs in some important respects from my own. Would I depend on AI to do any of this work for me? Not unless the AI were deeply trained on what I'm looking for and what I value in a piece of writing.
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