EAPP: CRITICAL READING

Question 1

This is the active process of discovery and involves scrutinizing any information that one has read and heard.

Answer 1

CRITICAL READING

Question 2

This is the action of deliberately interacting with a text to enhance the reader’s understanding/recall/reaction to the text.

Answer 2

ANNOTATING

Question 3

Annotating is also called as ________ ________?

Answer 3

CLOSE READING

Question 4

True or False:
There are clear and definite guidelines to annotate a text and you can’t create your own style.

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

Annotating involves ________ or ________ key pieces of text and making notes in the margins of the text.

Answer 5

HIGHLIGHTING
UNDERLINING

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

MAIN POINTS

Question 8

This will test how much you understood the text and will help you evaluate it critically.

Answer 8

SUMMARIZING

Question 9

How many paragraphs does a summary usually have?

Answer 9

ONE (1) PARAGRAPH

Question 10

This is the point where annotating, outlining and summarizing comes in handy. This is also the most challenging part in critical reading.

Answer 10

EVALUATING

Question 11

When you evaluate a text. you question the author’s ________ and ________ as well as their ________ in the claims.

Answer 11

PURPOSE
INTENTIONS
ASSUMPTIONS

Question 12

To a ________ reader, any single text provides but one portrayal of the facts, one individual’s take on the subject matter.

Answer 12

CRITICAL

Question 13

To a non-critical reader, text provides ________. Readers gain knowledge by ________ the statements within the text.

Answer 13

FACTS
MEMORIZING

Question 14

Critical readers thus recognize not only ________ a text says, but also ________ the author convey the message.

Answer 14

WHAT
HOW

Question 15

What are the 3 goals of critical reading?

Answer 15

• TO RECOGNIZE AN AUTHOR’S PURPOSE
• TO UNDERSTAND TONE AND PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS
• TO RECOGNIZE BIAS

Question 16

This goal of critical leader involves classifying the nature of language choices.

Answer 16

TONE AND PERSUASIVE ELEMENTS

Question 17

This goal of critical reading involves inferring a basis for choices of content and language.

Answer 17

PURPOSE

Question 18

This goal of critical reading involves classifying the nature of patterns of choice of content and language.

Answer 18

BIAS

Question 19

True or False:
Non-critical reading is satisfied with recognizing what a text says and restating the key remarks.

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

This is what a text says.

Answer 20

RESTATEMENT

Question 21

This is what a text means.

Answer 21

INFERENCE

Question 22

This is what a text does.

Answer 22

DESCRIPTION

Question 23

A critical reader know what to look for and involves recognizing those aspects of a discussion that control the meaning.

Answer 23

ANALYSIS

Question 24

A critical reader knows how to think about what to find and involves the process and the interpretation of data from within the text.

Answer 24

INFERENCE

Question 25

This involves identifying the ideas that the writer has raised to support his/her stand.

Answer 25

OUTLINING