critical reading + types of claims

Question 1

is an active and reactive process.

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Critical reading

Question 2

is the foundation of good writing.

Answer 2

Critical reading

Question 3

5 reading strategies

Answer 3

keeping a reading journal

annotating the text

outlining the text

summarizing the text

questioning the text

Question 4

is similar to keeping a diary, except, you are writing your feelings and ideas in reaction to your reading assignment.

Answer 4

Keeping a reading journal

Question 5

This process allows you to develop your impressions of the text and connect them to your personal experiences.

Answer 5

Keeping a reading journal

Question 6

simply means making notes on your copy of the reading.

Answer 6

Annotating the text

Question 7

This includes, highlighting or underlining important passages and writing notes, comments, questions and reactions on the margins

Answer 7

Annotating the text

Question 8

creating a rough outline of the text will also be helpful in getting to understand it more critically.

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Outlining the text

Question 9

by locating the thesis statement, claims, and evidence, and then plotting these into an outline, you can see how the writer structures, sequences, connects his or her ideas

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Outlining the text

Question 10

this is similar to outlining, in that you need to get the gist.

Answer 10

Summarizing the text

Question 11

consists of getting the main points of the essay and important supporting details

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Summarizing the text

Question 12

involves asking specific questions on points that you are skeptical about.

Answer 12

Questioning the text

Question 14

There is no need to look for clues. Just
read. If the information is written it is

Answer 14

EXPLICIT

Question 15

*is any idea that is stated

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EXPLICIT

Question 16

is understood but it is
not stated. Look for clues as you read.

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IMPLICIT

Question 17

is using what is read
to make an inference

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*Implicit information

Question 18

is a single statement.

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CLAIM

Question 19

the central argument or thesis statement of
the text. It is what the writer tries to prove in the
text by providing details, explanations, and
other types of evidence.

Answer 19

CLAIM

Question 20

CHARACTERISTICS OF A
GOOD CLAIM

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A claim should be argumentative and
debatable.
* A claim should be specific and focused.
* A claim should be interesting and
engaging.
*A claim should be logical

Question 21

asserts that something has existed,
does exist, or will exist

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CLAIM OF FACT

Question 22

debates whether it is true or false.

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CLAIM OF FACT

Question 23

*it can be an assertion of the past,
present, or future

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CLAIM OF FACT

Question 24

asserts that something has existed,
does exist, or will exist

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CLAIM OF FACT

Question 25

asserts judgement whether it is good or bad, more or less desirable

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CLAIM OF VALUE

Question 26

is something that should or should not be done

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CLAIM OF POLICY