Lesson 5

Thinking

The act of constructing and deconstructing ideas in both spoken and written form based on a given context.

Content

Substance of the text

Anthony Shadid

to non-critical readers, many texts offer the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. To the critical reader, any single text provides but one portrayal of the facts, one individual's "take" on the subject.

Kurland

to non-critical readers, texts provide facts. Readers gain knowledge by memorizing the statements within a text. Critical readers thus recognize not only what a text says. but also how the text portrays the subject matter.

Reasoning

the process of expressing ideas and opinions as well as justifying a stand based on prior and existing knowledge and experiences needed to arrive at a decision.

Objectivity

the stand of the author about an issue/article

What a text means

Interpretation Analyzes the text and asserts a meaning for the text as a whole

Claim of Fact

asserts some empirical truth.

Claim of Action or Policy

asserts that an action should be taken

What a text does

Description Discusses aspects of discussion itself

Claim of Judgement or Value

asserts a judgement of some sort.

A statement that we worry the audience will not agree to, but wish them to agree to,

Claim

Deals with a search of agreement. The wish is that the audience will agree with the statement

Claim

Involves a speaker awareness of an audience. Wish about an audience

Claim

It involves anticipation

Claim

It is a statement. A discourse

Claim

Types of Claim

Claim of fact, value, policy

Elements for evaluation

Content Objectivity Significance

Claim works with

Contingency

Braceros (2005)

Critical reading is necessary for the students to know how to examine critically what they see, feel and read to be able to make good judgement or decisions for the welfare of their countrymen

What a text says

Restatement talks about the same topic as the original text

Campbell and Huxman

claim as an assertion

Del Gandio J.

claim is an arguable statement-- an idea that a rhetor (a speaker or writer) asks an audience to accept. A claim is an opinion, idea, or assertion.

Critical Reading

dissecting a reading material the art of asking oneself about the text

Significance

the intention, the entire meaning and the value of the issue/article to the reader's life.