Unit One - Critical Reading Strategies in Literature

Question 1

a detailed analysis and
evaluation of something

Answer 1

critique

Question 2

formation of an opinion from
evidence; to reach a conclusion based on facts

Answer 2

infer

Question 3

a set of reasons given to prove a statement or a stand

Answer 3

arguments

Question 4

make or furnish
critical explanatory notes or comments

Answer 4

annotate

Question 5

refusing to follow something or someone

Answer 5

defiant

Question 6

What are the Modes of Analysis?

Answer 6

restatement
description
interpretation

Question 7

Who invented the modes of analysis?

Answer 7

Daniel J. Kurland,

Question 8

In modes of analysis, this means the saying of text.

Answer 8

restatement

Question 9

In modes of analysis, this means what it does.

Answer 9

description

Question 10

In modes of analysis, this is the meaning

Answer 10

interpretation

Question 11

The three main goals of critical reading

Answer 11

Recognize the author’s purpose

Understand the tone and persuasive elements of the text

Recognize bias

Question 12

Before you begin reading the text, ____ it by gathering
important information about it.

Answer 12

preview

Question 13

This involves highlighting or making notes of important
ideas in the text

Answer 13

Annotating

Question 14

When you contextualize, you consider these three context of the text

Answer 14

historical, cultural,
or biographical

Question 15

The consideration of the historical, cultural, or biographical context of the text.

Answer 15

Contextualizing

Question 16

a text deals with examining the information
presented to support the author’s argument

Answer 16

Analyzing

Question 17

requires a repeated examination of the text to
enable you to improve your comprehension of the text and
to identify ideas that you may not have noticed in initial
reading.

Answer 17

Rereading

Question 18

Responding to the text means ______

Answer 18

drawing meaning