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1 – Critical Reading (CR) is recognizing what a text says and reflecting on what that text
does, i.e. how the text portrays the subject matter
CR demands more time and effort than reading for pleasure since reading slowly is vital
to CR

2 - R for Meaning requires you to


Gen - use your knowledge and experience to create meaning
Specific - you bring to the text your knowledge about the subject and genre, your beliefs
and values, your personal experience, the historical and cultural contexts you share w
others
Value – see many possibilities for meaning in a given text

6- Annotating as you read is a powerful method for making sure you have something
relevant to say about a given text by simply marking the text as you read, recording your
reactions to and questions about the text
Benefits
1.helps concentrate your attention on the text’s language
2.Leaves you with a record of the insights, reactions a questions that occurred to you in
the process of reading for meaning

8 - Mark the text


1.Circle words to be define in the margin
2.Underline key words and phrases
3.Bracket important sentences and passages
4.Use lines or arrows to connect ideas or words
5.Use question marks to note any confusion or disagreement

Write
1.Number each paragraph for future reference
2.State the main idea of each paragraph
3.Define unfamiliar words
4.Note responses and questions
5.Identify interesting writing strategies
6.Point out patterns
Layer additional markings on the text and comments in the margins as you read for
different purposes

9 - Inventory is a 3 step process in which you make lists to find meaning in a text
1.Examine your annotations for patterns or repetitions of any kind, such as recurring
images or stylistic features, related words and phrases, similar examples or reliance on
authorities
2.Try out different ways of grouping the items
3.Consider what the patterns you have found suggest about the writer’s meaning or
rhetorical choices
10 - Previewing enables you to get a sense of what the text is about and how it is
organized before reading it closely
Determine if the author has authority and credibility on the subject
Skim…
Read the opening and closing paragraphs to get intro of subject, main pts and summary or
what’s most important in essay
Glance at 1st sent of ea par to get the pt discussed in the par
In narrative writing, look for time markers to get a sense of progression – then, after,
later, etc
Heads, subheads, figures and charts provide clues for skimming
Identify…
Genre is kind or type of writing
Nonfiction prose genres include autobiography, observation, reflection, explanation of
concepts, various forms of argument, such as evaluation, analysis of cause/effect,
proposals to solve problem, position papers on controversial topics
To determine genre, look at why it was written and to whom it was addressed; this, the
purpose and audience, constitute the rhetorical or writing situation

11 - Outlining helps understand the content and structure of a reading


Distinguish between min ideas and supporting material

12 - Summarizing helps you understand and remember what is important in a text


This condensed version can later be integrated into your own writing

13 - Unlike a summary, a paraphrasing is generally as long as the original and often


longer
Paraphrasing tries to be comprehensive and leave nothing out
Paraphrasing is too time consuming to use with long texts; but is perfect foe making sure
you understand the long passages from a difficult work
When paraphrasing, include all important info and ideas

14 - Synthesizing is combining ideas and info gleaned from different sources and include
summary, paraphrasing and quotation

15 - Write questions while you read a text the first time, typically focusing on the main
idea in the paragraph
**Writing a question involves reviewing info in a way that allows it to enter your long-
term memory where it is more easily recalled

16 - Contextualizing is a critical reading strategy that involves making inferences about a


reading’s historical and cultural contexts and examining the differences between those
contexts and your own
More info on how to-
Compare the way the text presents the situation with what you know about the situation
from other sources – other readings, movies, TV, school classes or from talking with
other people involved. Write a few sentences describing your understanding of what it
was like at that particular time and place; notice how the representation of the time and
place in the text differs in significant ways from the other representations with which you
are familiar
Consider how much and in what ways the situation has changed; write another sent or 2
exploring the differences

17 - Reflect on these challenges rather than resist them; learn to question your
unexamined assumptions and attitudes
Mark an X in margin when you encounter a challenge; review the places you have
marked; consider connections between these places and your feelings; you will notice
that you object to a limited part of a writer’s argument, or all or reject implied
statements/generalities

18 - Figurative language often communicates mores dramatically than direct statement; it


enriches meaning by drawing on a complex of feeling and association, indicating
relations of resemblance and likeness
How fig of speech are use in writing reveal something about writer’s feelings about the
subject (tone) and attitude toward prospective readers

19 – Divide paper into 2 columns; in left hand column list words and phrases you have
annotated from the text as indicating oppositions; in right hand column, list words or
phrases that seen, according to the writer, the opposite of each word and phrase in the left
hand column

20 - This is the a, b, c test – 3 conditions must be met for an argument to he considered


logically acceptable
1.Support must be appropriate to the claim
2.All the statements must be believable
3.The argument must be consistent and complete

21 - Emotional manipulation distracts readers from relevant reasons and evidence

22 - Writers establish credibility by


1.Showing their understanding of the subject – facts, statistics, reliable sources for info
2.Bldg common ground w readers – base reasoning on shared values, beliefs and
attitudes; use “we” not “they”; acknowledge differences of opinions
3.Responding fairly to objections and opposing arguments – tone of argument reveals
much

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