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What is the purpose of paraphrasing a text?
What does evaluating an argument involve?
What is the difference between comparing and contrasting two ideas?
How can a reader recognize emotional manipulation in a text?
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What is a key step in the SQ3R Method introduced by Francis Pleasant Robinson?
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How does a critical reader use explicit and implicit information in analysis?
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What is the main purpose of critical reading?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a critical thinker based on the text?
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What is the purpose of outlining as a critical reading strategy?
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Why is contextual reading important in critical reading?
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What does summarizing involve in critical reading?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of critical thinking mentioned in the text?
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Study Notes
Critical Reading Strategies
- There are 12 strategies for critical reading, including paraphrasing, comparing and contrasting, evaluating an argument, reflecting on challenges to your beliefs and values, looking for patterns of opposition, judging the writer's credibility, exploring figurative language, recognizing emotional manipulation, and using the SQ3R method.
SQ3R Method
- Introduced by Francis Pleasant Robinson, the SQ3R method involves surveying the text, questioning, reading, reciting, and reviewing.
Characteristics of a Critical Thinker
- A critical thinker understands the relation of one idea to another, determines the importance and relevance of ideas and arguments, recognizes, builds, and appraises ideas and arguments, identifies inconsistencies and errors in reasoning, approaches problems in a consistent and systematic way, and reflects on the justification of their own assumptions, beliefs, and values.
Critical Reading Techniques
- Annotating involves underlining or highlighting important ideas or points in a text.
- Contextual reading involves studying the author, the time or period when the author wrote the text, and important events that occurred during that time.
- Outlining involves creating an overview of a document, arranging information and ideas according to hierarchy.
- Summarizing involves condensing or writing a material in the reader's own words.
Critical Reading and Critical Thinking
- Critical reading is engaging yourself in a text or material, and critical thinking involves expressing criticism or disapproval about something.
- A critical reader must be able to use textual evidence to support their analysis of what the writer has explicitly or implicitly stated in the text.
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Description
Explore the concept of critical reading as a way to engage with different texts and materials. Learn how critical reading involves understanding the ideas presented and determining their significance, without always being critical of the content. Discover the essential characteristics of a critical thinker.
