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Lesson 2 Critical Reading as Reasoning

The document discusses critical reading as an analytic activity that involves evaluating and interpreting the author's claims. It outlines steps in critical reading, including identifying assertions, formulating counterclaims, and determining evidence to support claims. The emphasis is on assessing the validity of textual evidence rather than criticizing it.

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Lesson 2 Critical Reading as Reasoning

The document discusses critical reading as an analytic activity that involves evaluating and interpreting the author's claims. It outlines steps in critical reading, including identifying assertions, formulating counterclaims, and determining evidence to support claims. The emphasis is on assessing the validity of textual evidence rather than criticizing it.

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: ̗̀➛ LESSON 2: CRITICAL

READING AS REASONING
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「✦✦」, ──── ୨୧ ──── , ⟢ ── .✦ , ⤷ , → , ⌞ ⌝ , ˗ˏˋ ˎˊ˗ , ⤳ , » , ✦ ,ㅤ

✦ Critical Reading
→ Engaging in an 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.
→ While reasoning as defined by Merriam Webster dictionary is an act of giving statements
for justification and explanation. It is the ability of someone to defend something by giving
out reasons.
→ Therefore, when reading critically, it is necessary to question the different arguments
used by the author, as any problem can weaken the authenticity of the conclusion.

[ ! Remember that critical reading is NOT meant to criticize but to assess the validity of
textual evidence. ]

˗ˏˋ StepsusedinC riticalReadingas


Reasoning ˎˊ˗

ㅤby Maxine Rafaella C. Rodriguez & Marella Therese A. Tiongson


1. IDENTIFYING ASSERTIONS

ㅤㅤ⤷ Identifying by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion, and
preference.

: ̗̀➛ LESSON 2: CRITICAL READING AS REASONING 1


2. FORMULATIONG COUNTERCLAIM

ㅤㅤ⤷ Counterclaims are made to rebut a previous claim.


3. DETERMINING EVIDENCE

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

「✦ example:
ㅤYou are asking your father for an android cellphone, that is your claim. Then your
father answers you, ㅤ“No you cannot”, this is his counterclaim.
ㅤTherefore when you are going to formulate for the counterclaim, you should state the
reason why you ㅤare asking for an android cellphone. You might say that you could use
it in your online classes because ㅤan android cellphone would be very useful in this
new normal classroom set-up.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ✦」

: ̗̀➛ LESSON 2: CRITICAL READING AS REASONING 2

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