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    Critical Reading: What Is Critical Reading, and Whydoineedtodoit?

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    Critical reading requires an active engagement with the text by thinking about it before, during, and after reading. It involves asking questions, taking notes, summarizing, and evaluating the text. To be a critical reader, one should prepare to understand the author's intended audience and purpose, read with an open mind, consider the title, read slowly to make connections, use reference works for unfamiliar terms, take notes, and keep a reading journal. Critical reading enhances comprehension through applying processes, models, questions and theories.

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    Critical reading requires an active engagement with the text by thinking about it before, during, and after reading. It involves asking questions, taking notes, summarizing, and evaluating the text. To be a critical reader, one should prepare to understand the author's intended audience and purpose, read with an open mind, consider the title, read slowly to make connections, use reference works for unfamiliar terms, take notes, and keep a reading journal. Critical reading enhances comprehension through applying processes, models, questions and theories.

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    Critical reading requires an active engagement with the text by thinking about it before, during, and after reading. It involves asking questions, taking notes, summarizing, and evaluating the text. To be a critical reader, one should prepare to understand the author's intended audience and purpose, read with an open mind, consider the title, read slowly to make connections, use reference works for unfamiliar terms, take notes, and keep a reading journal. Critical reading enhances comprehension through applying processes, models, questions and theories.

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    CRITICAL READING: WHAT

    IS CRITICAL READING, AND


    WHY DO I NEED TO DO IT?
    When you are eager to start on the coursework
    in a major that will prepare you for your chosen
    career, getting excited about an introductory
    college writing course can be difficult.

    However, regardless of your led of study, honing


    your writing, reading, and critical thinking skills
    will give you a more solid foundation for
    success, both academically and
    professionally.
    critical reading is based on active reading
    because you actively engage with the text,
    which means thinking about the text
    before you begin to read it, asking
    yourself questions as you read it as well
    as after you have read it, taking notes or
    annotating the text, summarizing what
    you have read, and, finally, evaluating the
    text.
    Critical reading means that a
    reader applies certain
    processes, models, questions,
    and theories that result in
    enhanced clarity and
    comprehension.
    What does it take to be a critical
    reader? There are a variety of
    answers available to this
    question; here are some
    suggested steps:
    1. PREPARE TO BECOME PART OF THE
    WRITER'S AUDIENCE.

    After all, authors design texts for specific


    audiences, and becoming a member of
    the target audience makes it easier to get
    at the author's purpose.

    Learn about the author, the history of the


    author and the text, the author's
    anticipated audience; read introductions
    and notes.
    2. PREPARE TO READ WITH AN OPEN
    MIND.

    Critical readers seek knowledge; they do


    not "rewrite" a work to suit their own
    personalities. Your task as an enlightened
    critical reader is to read what
    is on the page, giving the writer a fair
    chance to develop ideas and allowing
    yourself to reflect thoughtfully,
    objectively, on the text.
    3. CONSIDER THE TITLE.

    This may seem obvious, but


    the title may provide clues to
    the writer's attitude, goals,
    personal viewpoint, or
    approach.
    4. READ SLOWLY.

    Again, this appears obvious,


    but it is a factor in a "close
    reading." By slowing down, you
    will make more connections
    within the text .
    5. USE THE DICTIONARY AND OTHER
    APPROPRIATE REFERENCE WORKS.

    If there is a word in the text that is


    not clear or difficult to define in
    context: look it up. Every word is
    important, and if part of the text is
    thick with technical terms, it is doubly
    important to know how the author is
    using them .
    6. MAKE NOTES.

    Jot down marginal notes, underline and


    highlight, write down ideas in a notebook,
    do whatever works for your own personal
    taste. Note for yourself the main ideas,
    the thesis, the author's main points to
    support the theory. Writing while reading
    aids your memory in many ways,
    especially by making a link that is unclear
    in the text concrete in your own writing.
    7. KEEP A READING JOURNAL

    In addition to note-taking, it is often


    helpful to regularly record your
    responses and thoughts in a more
    permanent place that is yours to
    consult. By developing a habit of
    reading and writing in conjunction,
    both skills will improve .

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