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• Critical Reading


  Active and complex way of engaging with a written text to get a deeper understanding of its ideas
• Critical Reading


  • Usually used to evaluate if the information is considered as valid to be used for further studies
  • Trains readers to believe in their capacity to think beyond
  • Dissects a reading material and art of asking oneself about the text
• Identifying the assumptions


  1. Researcher should know how to identify and observe information present in a text

  2. The thesis or overall theory

  3. Supporting points that create the argument

  4. Examples used as evidence to support the ideas
• Checking the accuracy and validity


  1. Reliability of the sources

  2. Consistency of the statements

  3. Relevance of the arguments
• Take alternative perspective


  1. The reliability of each perspective

  2. The strengths and weaknesses of both perspectives

  3. The kinds of reasoning that both perspectives are trying to imply
• Claim


  • An arguable statement of opinion that is discussed, explained, or proven in a discourse
  • Separates a claim from a mere opinion, claims are specified enough to be logically discussed
• Claim of Fact


  Argues that something is true or not, and it could be objectively proven by using factual evidence such as data and statistics
• Claim of Fact


  • Approximately 10−15 students will be hailed as academic awardees for this upcoming 56th commencement exercises in August 2021
• Claim of Value


  Judges if something is good or bad; commonly evaluated using a set of criteria
• Claim of Value


  • Despite the abundance of academic resources and facilities, it is way better to study in a public school compared to a private school
• Claim of Policy


  Advocates for something that needs to be done and how it should be done; used in persuasive discourse
• Claim of Policy


  • The Board of Trustees decided to remove a student from the list of honors due to the violated school regulation
• Academic Writing


  Clear, concise, focused, structured and backed up by evidence. Its purpose is to aid the reader's understanding
• Examples of Academic Writing


  • Books and book reports
  • Translations
  • Essays
  • Research Papers
  • Conference Papers
  • Journals
• Academic Writing


  • Complexity
  • Formality
  • Precision
  • Objectivity
  • Explicitness
  • Accuracy
  • Hedging
  • Responsibility
  • Organization
  • Planning
• Professional Writing


  A style of writing used in a workplace setting for work or business-related purposes
• Professional Writing


  • Requires accuracy
  • Grammatically Correct
  • Needs Clarity
  • Shows Inclusivity
  • Uses the Active Voice