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.
  • is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation.
• Stages Used in Critical Reading as Reasoning

  1. Identifying Assertions
  2. Formulating Counterclaims
  3. Determining Evidence
• Identifying Assertions

  • Identify by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion and preference.
• Formulating Counterclaim

  • these are made to rebut a previous claim.
• Determining Evidence

  • It is the details given by the authors to support his/her claims.