CRITICAL READING

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Critical reading is a And how do you Questions like: Do
reading strategy that evaluate a text? By you agree with the
involves evaluating asking questions author? Do you
the content of a reject/approve their
reading text argument?
WHEN YOU READ CRITICALLY, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE INFORMATION IN THE TEXT IS:

Clear (the Logical Open-minded Informed (valid

purpose) reference)
HOW DO YOU READ CRITICALLY?

Is it to persuade?
Determine the purpose of the writer Is it to entertain?
Or is it just to inform?

Who is the author? Are they the experts in this topic?

Recognize bias. Is the article/book written in favor of one party? (for example, if it is
sponsored by a company, the article will talk about all the good things about the company)
How does the author support
their arguments? Do they
Did the author cite the
support their arguments with
reference?
facts or is it just speculation
or opinion?

Is the argument logical or

Do you agree with what the
follow a logical thinking
author says?
pattern?
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 There is one kind of food I cannot stand: sashimi. Sashimi is raw fish. Many people like it.
They love it in Japan, but I cannot even look at without feeling sick. First of all, it looks like
it has not been cooked and that makes me think it might not be clean. I am sure the cooks
do clean the fish before they serve it, but that does not help. To my mind, flesh of any
kind should be cooked to kill the germs. Second of all, I like my meat hot. Fish is not really
meat, but it is the same basic thing: part of an animal. For me, some kinds of food should
be hot, not cold. Third of all, it is slimy as the cold flesh feels wet and slippery in my
mouth. I hate that feeling. They say unrefined fish can be good for you, but I would
rather have it fried. In fact, I do not want it raw at all.
 There is a considerable body of anecdotal information suggesting chimpanzee intelligence. The first serious
study of the behaviour of simians – including their behaviour in the wild – was made in Indonesia by Alfred Russel
Wallace, the co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection. Wallace concluded that a baby orang-utan he studied
behaved “exactly like a human child in similar circumstances”. On Tenerife, also, two chimpanzees were observed
maltreating a chicken: One would extend some food to the fowl, encouraging it to approach; whereupon the other
would thrust at it with a piece of wire it had concealed behind its back. The chicken would retreat but soon allow
itself to approach once again – and be beaten once again. Here is a fine combination of behaviour sometimes
thought to be uniquely human: cooperation, planning a future course of action, deception, and cruelty. It also
reveals that chickens have a very low capacity for avoidance learning.
 What do you think of this text?

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