EAPP: Lesson 2 - Critical Reading, Writing, and Thinking Flashcards
Reading beyond the lines (inferring)
Critical reading
Judging an idea in a text whether it is valid or invalid (evaluation)
Critical thinking
This is what you use when the text is STATED only
Critical thinking
This is what you use when the text is IMPLIED
Critical reading and thinking
In METHODS OF CRITICAL READING, this is basing on what is said
Inferencing
In METHODS OF CRITICAL READING, this is basing on words expressed in the text
Context clue
In METHODS OF CRITICAL READING, this is basing in knowledge of figurative tool
Figures of speech
This is a “writer’s tool”, words or phrases that transcends what they mean
Figures of speech
- Getting an overview
- Activate schemata
- Skimming and scanning
- Checking features of the academic text
Pre-reading
- Monitor comprehension
- Organize information
- Note-taking, highlighting, marginal notes
- Creating graphic organizers
While reading
- Evaluating and using information
- Uses critical thinking and reading
Post-reading
It is an active process of discovery. not easily believing the information you receive
Critical reading
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- writing comments on the text
- drawing conclusions
- identify one’s area of confusion
- forces the brain to slow down
Annotate
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- listing down the main points of the writer
- identifying the ideas
- Roman numerals, capitalized letters, etc.
Outline
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- Writing the gist of the text in your own words
- cite general observations
requires clearest overview
Summarize
4 key points in making a Summary
- Comprehensive
- Concise
- Independent
- Coherent
The summary should not
leave out any indispensable idea.
Comprehensive
Eliminate repetitions in your list, even if the author restates the same points.
Concise
Should not sound like an ugly
imitation of the original
Independent
The summary should not look like a set of random disconnected ideas (unity)
Coherent
Given that the author’s idea was written in the past,
which tense of the verb should I use in my
summary?
Use the present tense (often called the historical present tense) to summarize the
author’s argument. Ex. Green (YEAR) contends that the Republicans…
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- questioning author’s purpose and intention
Evaluate the text
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- identifying logical fallacies committed
Spot flaws in reasoning
In HOW TO BECOME A CRITICAL READER, this is
- a level higher then summarizing
- many references combined into 1 paper
- common characteristics
- e.g. systematic review
Synthesizing