Critical reading as Reasoning

• 1. Is any text that supports an idea, an insight, a claim or an inference.

  Textual Evidence
• give the four (4) types of evidence

  Testimonial, anecdotal, analogical, statistical
• The act of communicating to justify and explain a point or a claim.

  Reasoning
• The weakest form of evidence used in the written text, it involves the whole person of two ideas or situation to reach a conclusion.

  Analogical
• type of evidence that is dependent on the memory of the witness or narration.

  Testimonial evidence
• It is a judgement on paper, a concise explanation to support, defense or contradict an argument.

  Evaluative Statement
• A delivery technique that involves a declaration regarding a subject matter.

  Assertion
• A types of evidence based on one's perspective and experience

  Anecdotal
• Statements based on one's personal choices.

  Statement of Preference
• The evidence is in a mathematical form, and in the geese of data.

  Statistical
• Statement that are dependent on traditions.

  Statement of convention
• Statement that can be based on facts but is laced with one's perspective.

  Statement of Opinion
• Statement that can be proven objectively, with the help of a credible reference and resources.

  Statement of facts
• statement of convention are formulated based on ____, laws, customs, and social cues.

  Historical Precedent