Critical Reading - Reading and Writing 3Q

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Critical reading is __________. Critical readers don't just read, they interact with the text.

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Humans only use _____ of their brain.

Critical reading

Looking for ways of thinking and as reasoning.

Evaluates claims; Seeks definitions; Judges information; Demands proof; Questions assumptions

Enumerate five (5) characteristics of a critical reader:

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By reading critically, you find out the author's views on something, ask questions, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the author's argument, and decide to agree or disagree with it.

How does a reader go beyond passively understanding a text?

Metacognition

Being conscious of one's own mental processes. In reading, it includes: ability as a reader to plan, check, monitor, revise, and evaluate one's unfolding comprehension.

Meta

Metacognition is derived from the Greek word '_____' which means beyond.

Metaphysics

Aristotle first used the word meta as a title of his book "__________.''

Have a separate notebook to write feelings and ideas in reaction to what you read

How does a reader go by Making Connections by keeping a Reading Journal?

Making notes on your own copy/highlighting important words

How does a reader Monitor and Fix-up by Annotating the Text?

Locate the thesis statement, claims, evidence and then Plot into outline from general to specific

Enumerate the steps in Outlining the Text:

Getting the main points of the essay

State the method in Summarizing the Text:

Format

What is the difference between outlining the text and summarizing the text?

Asking specific questions that you are skeptical about

How does a reader go about Questioning the Text?

Biased/Untrue/Erroneous

The reason why readers should question the text they may be skeptical about, is because the text may be _________ to the issue/topic.

Explicit

Ideas that are clearly stated.

Implicit

Ideas that are suggested or implied.

Claims

It comprises of the central argument and thesis statement. They include: fact, value, and policy.

Argumentative and debatable; Specific and focused; Interesting and engaging; Logical

Claims should have these four (4) characteristics:

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Claims of fact

Claims that are a quantifiable/measurable assertion. They usually answer 'what' questions. They need to be proven as either absolutely or probably true in order to be acceptable to an audience.

Claims of value

Claims that consider moral, philosophical, and aesthetic. They aim at establishing whether the item being discussed is either good or bad, valuable or not valuable, desirable or not desirable.

Claims of Policy

Claims that posit certain actions should be chosen as solutions to a particular problem. Uses words such as ought to, must, should.

Context

The surrounding information about a subject.

Intertextuality

Modeling of a text's meaning by another text.

Hypertext

A new way of reading that is a nonlinear way of showing information. By using hyperlink in PPT, one can perform this.

Clear about purpose; Remember it is non-linear; Trustworthy article by checking URL

Enumerate three (3) things that readers should observe when reading from the internet or electronic texts:

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.edu and .gov

For factual information, use materials ending with _____ and _____.

Anonymous

Evaluate the author. Do not read articles written by someone named __________.