Critical Reading Section

What are the three steps of critical reading?

• Recognizing purpose, understanding tone, recognizing bias
• Restatement, description, interpretation
• Offering examples, arguing, appealing for sympathy
• What a text says, what a text does, what a text means

What is the purpose of recognizing bias in critical reading?

• To infer the meaning of the text
• To understand the tone and persuasive elements
• To recognize a basis for choices of content and language
• To classify the nature of patterns of choice of content and language

What does recognizing tone and persuasive elements in critical reading involve?

• Analyzing the text and asserting a meaning for the text as a whole
• Classifying the nature of patterns of choice of content and language
• Inferring a basis for choices of content and language
• Classifying the nature of language choices

What is the difference between non-critical and critical reading?

• Non-critical readers focus on memorizing interpretations, while critical readers analyze the author's portrayal of facts.
• Non-critical readers focus on memorizing facts, while critical readers analyze the author's portrayal of facts.
• Non-critical readers analyze the author's portrayal of facts, while critical readers focus on memorizing facts.
• Non-critical readers focus on analyzing the author's portrayal of facts, while critical readers focus on memorizing facts.

What is the first step in critical reading according to the reading?

• Recognizing purpose
• What a text says
• What a text does
• What a text means

What does non-critical reading focus on?

• Memorizing facts
• Analyzing the author's portrayal of facts
• Restating key remarks
• Recognizing what a text does

What is the role of inference in critical reading?

• Recognizing purpose
• Analyzing the text and asserting a meaning for the text as a whole
• Inferring a basis for choices of content and language
• Recognizing tone and persuasive elements

What is the goal of recognizing an author's purpose in critical reading?

• To infer the meaning of the text
• To recognize a basis for choices of content and language
• To recognize bias
• To understand the tone and persuasive elements

What does critical reading rely on when examining an author's choices?

• Restatement, description, interpretation
• Choices of content, language, and structure
• Offering examples, arguing, appealing for sympathy
• Recognizing purpose, understanding tone, recognizing bias

What are the tools of critical reading?

• Description and interpretation
• Analysis and inference
• Restatement and interpretation
• Offering examples and arguing