Critical Reading as Reasoning

This is a reading strategy wherein you look for the specific information. This involves physically moving your eyes quickly along the lines of the text.

• Scanning

• Skimming

It means you look for the main point of the selection.

• Previewing

• Skimming

It is looking at the readily visible parts of the text. You get the overview of what you are reading.

• Skimming

• Previewing

____________ means to exercise your judgement about what you are reading, that is, not taking anything you read at face value.

• Critical Reading

• Reading

It is an act of giving statements for justification and explanation.

• Reasoning

• Reading

In critical reading, you simply absorb and understand the text.

• True

• False

A critical reader analyzes and evaluates the preciseness of the reasoning that supports a certain thesis statement of a text.

• True

• False

Reading is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text.

• True

• False

In critical reading, the reader must not determine the central claims or purpose of the text.

• True

• False

Examining the evidence such as supporting facts, examples, etc. in the text is essential in critical reading.

• True

• False