CRITICAL

READING
GROUP 3
REBUS
PUZZLES
 = TRY TO
UNDERSTAND
= METAPHOR
 = FORGIVE
AND FORGET
= OVERSEAS
TRAVEL
= GREENHOUSE
CRITICAL READING
This type of reading
goes beyond passively
understanding a text because
you process the author's words
and make judgments after
carefully considering the
reading's message.
Critical reading means that a reader applies
certain processes, models, questions, and
theories that result in enhanced clarity and
comprehension.
There is more involved, both in effort and
understanding, in a critical reading than in a
mere "skimming" of the text.
What is the difference? If a reader "skims" the text,
superficial characteristics and information are
as far as the reader goes. A critical reading gets at
"deep structure" (if there is such a thing apart from
the superficial text!), that is, logical consistency,
tone, organization, and a number of other very
important sounding terms.
The Importance of Critical Reading
Critical reading is important because it allows you to read
and analyze a text critically, breaking it down into its
component parts and assessing its strengths and
weaknesses. It also helps you understand the author’s
purpose in writing the text and how it relates to your
own life.
The Difference of Critical
Reading and Critical Thinking
Critical reading - a technique used for discovering
information and ideas within a text.

Critical thinking - a technique used for evaluating

information and ideas, for deciding what to accept and
believe.
5 Critical Reading Techniques:

1. Survey – Know what you’re looking for

2. Ask questions

3. Read actively

4. Respond to your own questions

5. Record key concepts

 Strategies of Critical Reading:
1. Annotating - When you annotate, you underline important parts of the text, such as the thesis statement, topic
sentences of body paragraphs, and explanatory material.

2. Contextualizing - When you contextualize a text, you place it within its original historical or cultural context.

3. Reflecting on challenges to your belief and values - Sometimes our beliefs about an issue are difficult to express
because they are so ingrained. In order to discover these beliefs it is important to explore how a text challenges you.

4. Paraphrasing - When you paraphrase a text, you put it into your own words.

5. Outlining - It allows you to identify the basic structure of a text and the main ideas of the text.

6. Summarizing - Summarizing creates a new text by synthesizing the material of the original.
 Strategies of Critical Reading:
7. Exploring figurative language - This type of language helps writers illustrate their points and get the kind of reaction
they want from the reader

.8. Looking for patterns of opposition - A writer may anticipate opposition to his or her views by responding to them in
some way. A writer may also have conflicting views about the issues presented in the text.

9. Evaluating the logic of an argument - The two parts of an argument are claim and support.

10. Recognizing emotional manipulation - Writers are guilty of improper emotional manipulation when they use false or
exaggerated appeals.

11. Judging the writer's credibility

12. Analyzing the writing in other disciplines

 Strategies of Critical Reading:
7. Exploring figurative language - This type of language helps writers illustrate their points and get the kind of reaction
they want from the reader

.8. Looking for patterns of opposition - A writer may anticipate opposition to his or her views by responding to them in
some way. A writer may also have conflicting views about the issues presented in the text.

9. Evaluating the logic of an argument - The two parts of an argument are claim and support.

10. Recognizing emotional manipulation - Writers are guilty of improper emotional manipulation when they use false or
exaggerated appeals.

11. Judging the writer's credibility

12. Analyzing the writing in other disciplines

 Judging the Writer's Credibility:

There are three ways that writers establish their credibility.

a. By showing their knowledge of subject (using facts and statistics)

b. By building common ground with readers (base reasoning on shared beliefs)

c. By responding fairly to objections and opposing arguments (does the writer respond to objections or ignore them and
assume everyone agrees with him or her)
 Analyzing the writing in other
disciplines :
Other disciplines have traditional ways of writing about their subjects.

As a critical reader, you need to be aware of these differences.

a. What is the subject?

b. What kinds of statements tend to be made about subjects in this

field?

c. What key concepts does the reader need to be familiar with?

d. What evidence is valued in this field?

 Analyzing the writing in other
disciplines :
e. How are statistics presented?

f. How is field research presented?

g. How much description and narration is normally used? How much interpretation and
evaluation?

h. How are quotations cited?

i. How are other scholars cited?

j. How is the author identified in the writing?

k. Where was it originally published?

l. Which genres are most commonly used in a particular field?

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