MODULE 5 - CRITICAL READING Flashcards
“MODELING OF TEXT’S MEANING BY ANOTHER TEXT”
DOES NOT REQUIRE CITING
INTERTEXTUALITY
BORROWING OF IDEAS FROM A PREVIOUS TEXT TO ADD LAYERS OF MEANING TO THEIR WORK
FUNCTION OF INTERTEXTUALITY
NON-LINEAR WAY OF SHOWING INFORMATION
OPEN READERS TO A WIDER HORIZON OF INFORMATION
HYPERTEXTUALITY
- SINGLE STATEMENT
- THE THESIS STATEMENT OF THE TEXT
- AGAINST THE STATUS QUO
- WHAT THE WRITER IS TRYING TO PROVE
CLAIM
A STATEMENT THAT SOMETHING HAS EXISTED, EXIST, AND WILL EXIST
CLAIM OF FACT
BASED ON PREFERENCE
CLAIM OF VALUE
ACTION MUST BE TAKEN IN SPECIFIC POLICIES
CLAIM OF POLICY
WHAT KIND OF CLAIM:
“VIDEO GAMES WILL INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY”
CLAIM OF FACT
WHAT KIND OF CLAIM:
“COKE IS BETTER THAN PEPSI”
CLAIM OF VALUE
WHAT KIND OF CLAIM:
“DRUG USE HAS BEEN RAMPANT IN BASKETBALL PLAYERS, THE OFFICIALS SHOULD MANDATE A RANDOM DRUG TEST AMONG THE PLAYERS”
CLAIM OF POLICY
AN ARGUMENT THAT MAY SEEM STRONG BUT CAN BE PROVEN FALSE WITH REASONING
LOGICAL FALLACIES
ATTACKING THE PERSONS CHARACTER RATHER THAN ADDRESSING THE ARGUMENT PRESENTED
AD HOMINEM
INTENTIONALLY MISINTERPRETING THE OTHER SIDE’S ARGUMENT TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DEFEAT
STRAW MAN
ONE EVENT THAT WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER EVENT THAT WILL END BADLY
SLIPPERY SLOPE
DISTRACTING FROM THE REAL ISSUE WITH AN IRRELEVANT POINT
RED HERRING
