EAPP: CRITICAL READING Flashcards
This is the active process of discovery and involves scrutinizing any information that one has read and heard.
CRITICAL READING
This is the action of deliberately interacting with a text to enhance the reader’s understanding/recall/reaction to the text.
ANNOTATING
Annotating is also called as ________ ________?
CLOSE READING
True or False:
There are clear and definite guidelines to annotate a text and you can’t create your own style.
FALSE
Annotating involves ________ or ________ key pieces of text and making notes in the margins of the text.
HIGHLIGHTING
UNDERLINING
True or False:
You don’t necessarily have to write a structured sentence or topic outline when outlining a text; you can just write it in bullet or in numbers.
TRUE
Outline the Text:
In order to fully engage in a dialogue with the text or the writer of the text, you need to identify the ______ ________ of the writer and list them down.
MAIN POINTS
This will test how much you understood the text and will help you evaluate it critically.
SUMMARIZING
How many paragraphs does a summary usually have?
ONE (1) PARAGRAPH
This is the point where annotating, outlining and summarizing comes in handy. This is also the most challenging part in critical reading.
EVALUATING
When you evaluate a text. you question the author’s ________ and ________ as well as their ________ in the claims.
PURPOSE
INTENTIONS
ASSUMPTIONS
To a ________ reader, any single text provides but one portrayal of the facts, one individual’s take on the subject matter.
CRITICAL
To a non-critical reader, text provides ________. Readers gain knowledge by ________ the statements within the text.
FACTS
MEMORIZING
Critical readers thus recognize not only ________ a text says, but also ________ the author convey the message.
WHAT
HOW
What are the 3 goals of critical reading?
- TO RECOGNIZE AN AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
- TO UNDERSTAND TONE AND PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS
- TO RECOGNIZE BIAS
This goal of critical leader involves classifying the nature of language choices.
TONE AND PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS
This goal of critical reading involves inferring a basis for choices of content and language.
PURPOSE
This goal of critical reading involves classifying the nature of patterns of choice of content and language.
BIAS
True or False:
Non-critical reading is satisfied with recognizing what a text says and restating the key remarks.
TRUE
This is what a text says.
RESTATEMENT
This is what a text means.
INFERENCE
This is what a text does.
DESCRIPTION
A critical reader know what to look for and involves recognizing those aspects of a discussion that control the meaning.
ANALYSIS
A critical reader knows how to think about what to find and involves the process and the interpretation of data from within the text.
INFERENCE
