Explain critical reading as reasoning.

• Critical reading - is engaging in analytic activity which involves the reader by asking questions about the text and the author’s claim.
• Critical readers - are doing the process of evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting the assertion of the hidden meaning of the entire text.
• Reasoning as defined in Merriam-Webster dictionary, is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation.
• Techniques Used in Critical Reading as Reasoning

  Identifying assertions and Formulating a counterclaim
• Identifying assertions Identify by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion, and preference.
• Formulating a counterclaim Counterclaims are made to rebut a previous claim.
• it is needed that you use hedges, which are words or phrases that give a courteous tone
• Different forms of hedges

  Modals, Frequency adverbs, Probability adverbs
• Modals: may, could, would, should, might, certain, must, etc.
• Frequency adverbs: usually, generally, commonly
• Probability adverbs: probably, possibly, presumably
• evaluative statement is a way of giving a better explanation to show the strength and weaknesses of something through writing.
• Criteria - a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.