Critical Reading As Reasoning

Question 1

Is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation. It is the ability of someone to defend something by giving out reasons.

Answer 1

REASONING

Question 2

• it is a way of giving better explanations to show the strength and weakness of something through writing.
• it presents a value judgement based on a set of criteria
• it is used in giving a sound judgement- a judgement that can be backs up or supported by valid reasons or proofs
• it is the wrter’ s way of explaining why a strength is a strength and a weakness a weakness based on the evidence gathered.

Answer 2

Evaluative staement

Question 3

How to formulate an evaluative statement?

Answer 3

Evaluative statements about a text are formulated after having read the text carefully and critically.
Grasping the essence of the text and checking for possible fallacies in the argument

Question 4

Is done in the same way you do any other writing except that the statement is about your judgement of the texts content and property

Answer 4

Formulation of the evaluative statement

Question 5

2 steps in composing your evaluative statement

Answer 5

1) formulating assertions about the content and the properties of a text read
2) formulating a meaningful counterclaim in response to a claim made in the text

Question 6

Formulating assertions about the content and the properties read in a text

Answer 6

Examine which ideas are facts or opinions
Make inferences or conclusions
Asses the over all quality of the text.
This assertion usually contain evaluative languages such as useful , significant, important, insightful, detailed, up- to - date, comprehensive, practical, etc.

Question 7

When someone makes a statement investing his strong belief in it, as if it is true though it may not be , he isaking assertion.

Answer 7

Assertion

Question 8

When someone makes an opposing counterclaim statement or argument to a claim, he is making a counterclaim

Answer 8

Counterclaim

Question 9

Formulating a meaningful counterclaim as a response to a claim in the text reas

Answer 9

You must recognize the hedge when you state your counterclaim

Question 10

Is a word or phrase that minimizes negative impact of criticism.

Answer 10

Hedges

Question 11

You are providing criticism since you are stating that the claim is not true.

Answer 11

When you are presenting your counterclaim.

Question 12

Used to give a courteous tone in your writing.

Answer 12

Hadges

Question 13

Comes in diff. Forms such as :

Answer 13

Modals
Frequency adverbs
Probability adverbs

Question 14

May, could, would, etc.

Answer 14

Modals

Question 15

Usually, commonly, generally

Answer 15

Frequency adverb

Question 16

Probably
Possibly
Pressumably

Answer 16

Probability adverbs.

Question 17

Examples: obesity is caused by the bad food choice being offered by the food industry

Answer 17

Obesity is PROBABLY caused by the bad food choices being offered by the food industry

Question 18

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Answer 18

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