Using Logic and Reasoning in Critical Reading
Jeremiah
Terms in this set (20)
Thisinvolves recognizing the writer's purpose, identifying the tone and persuasive
elements, and recognizing biases.
Critical reading
It also provides high reflective skills which allow you to stand back and look at the text
from different frame of reference
What a text says Restatement (talks about the same topic as the original text)
What a text does Description (discusses aspect of discussion itself)
What a text means Interpretation (analyzes the text and asserts a meaning for the text as a whole)
What a text says (Restatement) What are the 3 modes of analysis
What a text does (Description)
What a text means (Interpretation)
This is an arguable statement— an inference beyond the facts—that works with
Claim contingency or question of whether the audience will agree or not.
Dogmatic, it is, since it could be an opinion which seems to be true.
Claim is an arguable statement— an inference beyond the facts—that works with
Identifying Explicit and Implicit Aims contingency or question of whether the audience will agree or not.
Dogmatic, it is, since it could be an opinion which seems to be true.
This asserts more empirical truth regarding a debatable topic. This is the TRUH.
Claim of Fact In nature it is:
Quantitative
Informative
This supports judgement on a philosophical aesthetic or moral standpoint.
Claim of Value In nature:
Qualitative
Descriptive
Claim of Policy It states solution or insist action or implementation of a certain policy
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