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CRITICAL READING AS A FORM OF REASONING

Critical reading is engaging in analytic activity which involves the reader by asking
questions about the text and the author’s claim.

Critical readers are doing the process of evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting the
assertion of the hidden meaning of the whole text.

Reasoning is defined by Merriam Webster dictionary as an act of giving statements for


justification and explanation. It is the ability of someone to defend something by giving
out reasons.

Steps Used in Critical Reading As Reasoning


by Maxine Rafaella C. Rodriguez and
Marella Therese A. Tiongson

1. Identifying assertions

 Identify by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion and


preference.

2. Formulating counterclaim

 Counterclaims are made to rebut a previous claim.

3. Determining evidence

 Asserting facts to support claims

 Evidence is the details given by the authors to support his/her claims.

Example:

You are asking your father for an android cellphone, that is your claim. Then your
father answers you. “No, you can’t!” this is his counterclaim. He might say that you
already have a cellphone.

Therefore when you are going to formulate reason for the counterclaim, you should
state the reason why you are asking for an android cellphone. You might say that you
could use it in your online classes because Android cellphone would be very useful in
this new normal classroom set-up.
When you write your counterclaim, you are expressing unfavorable statements.
Therefore it is needed to use hedges words or phrases to be able to give a courteous
tone.

 Hedges are used to be courteous in expressing counterclaims.

Different Forms of Hedges

Modals: may, could, would, should, might, certain,


must, etc.

Frequency adverbs: usually, generally, commonly

Probability adverbs: probably, possibly, presumably

Example:

1. The common colds caused by a virus.

With hedges:

1. The common colds must be caused by a virus.


2. The common virus is certain to be caused by a virus.

NOTE:

To read critically, you must think critically. This involves analysis, interpretation, and
evaluation. Each of these processes helps you to interact with the text in different
ways: highlighting important points and examples, taking notes, testing answers to
your questions, brainstorming, outlining, describing aspects of the text or argument,
reflecting on your own reading and thinking, raising objections to the ideas or
evidence presented, etc.

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