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    The document discusses strategies for critical reading. It explains that critical reading involves carefully analyzing a text to identify key elements like facts, opinions, assumptions, and language usage. The reader should actively engage with the text by asking questions and determining the author's purpose. When critically reading, one must distinguish facts from opinions, make logical inferences supported by evidence, and synthesize new information with prior knowledge. The document also outlines common logical fallacies to watch out for and provides tips for critically reading a text, such as previewing, identifying main points, and comparing to initial impressions.

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    ENGL& 101 English Composition

    Ayantika Chatterjee
    FROM CHAPTER 1

    1. Critical reading is an analytic activity. The reader preview and reread the text to

    identify patterns of element that is information, value, purpose, assumption and

    language usage throughout the discussion. For critical reading reader should engage

    with the reading and asking question and realize what is author trying to say. After

    previewing reader must contextualize and then distinguish the facts from the opinion.

    He should do questioning to understand and remember, reflecting on challenges to own

    beliefs and values while evaluating the quality in the process. These elements in critical

    reading are tied together in an interpretation, an assertion of an underlying meaning of

    the text as a whole.

    2.

    a. Fact: Fact is a knowledge or information based on proof. Facts always have well

    supported evidence.

    b. Opinion: Opinion is a view or judgement which is not necessarily based on fact

    or knowledge. Some opinions are more valuable as they are offered by

    knowledgeable people and are backed by solid support. On contrary, less

    valuable opinion is based on unsupported beliefs or are offered by people with

    little relevant knowledge or experience.


    c. Inference: An inference is a conclusion about what a writing suggests. For

    making inference is an important part of critical reading. Inference must be

    supported by evidence.

    d. Synthesis: Synthesis is the process of connecting new information with the

    experience we already have. By synthesis we can realize how new information

    supports, refutes, clarifies or illustrates the previous learnings.

    3.

    a. Overgeneralizing: A process in which we generalize a statement beyond

    appropriate or justified limit.

    b. Oversimplifying: The process of simplifying a statement so much that it distorts

    the impression of that statement.

    c. Either or reasoning: A fallacy that falsely offers only two possible option even

    though a broad range of possible alternatives are always really available.

    d. Playing to general sentiment: Also called “ad populum” meaning “to the

    crowd”, playing with general sentiment is a fallacy that involves winning people

    over by calling upon commonly held feeling such as patriotism, fear of war,

    religious fervor etc. rather than discussing the issue.

    4. Strategies of critical reading

     Critical reader must read thoughtfully to distinguished fact from opinion, make

    inferences, synthesize information, evaluate quality and lookout for errors in

    logic.
     Critical readers never automatically accept what they read. They consider which

    ideas are fact which are opinion. They think about what they are reading and ask

    question. They connect themselves with author’s idea, and look for the source

    are reliable, make question and draw their conclusion.

     Preview the material: Critical reader first preview the material with reflective and

    questioning attitude. At first they consider the author and title. Then the check

    how current the information is. Next reading selections are preceded by

    headnote. By this process they evaluate the reading. Then they read headings,

    charts and lists for clues to content. Then read first paragraph or two and the first

    sentence of other paragraph to realize the tone, subject matter.

     First reading: After previewing read the material through one sitting, without

    pausing. Mark by the circle which unfamiliar word are not understand, will come

    back later for this.

     Read and study: Now reader has to look up that words what they circled during

    first reading. Then try to identify the main point and underline it. Identify the

    purpose of the author’s writing. Note the purpose with own opinions. Underline

    only the major points. Make question to understand. Each question should focus

    main idea, and expressed by own words.

     Comparing the reading with the earlier impression. Exploring likenesses and

    differences to better understand.

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