module 5

Cards (10)

  • Critical reading
    Engaging in analytic activity which involves the reader by asking questions about the text and the author's claim
  • Critical readers
    Evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting the assertion of the hidden meaning of the entire text
  • Reasoning
    Act of giving statements for justification and explanation
  • Reasoning
    Ability of someone to defend something by giving out reasons
  • When reading critically, it is necessary to question the different arguments used by the author, as any problem can weaken the authenticity of the conclusion
  • Critical reading is not meant to criticize but to assess the validity of textual evidence
  • Types of assertions to identify
    • Fact
    • Convention
    • Opinion
    • Preference
  • Counterclaim
    Made to rebut a previous claim
  • Evidence
    Details given by the authors to support his/her claims
  • When writing a counterclaim, it is needed to use hedges, which are words or phrases that give a courteous tone