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18 Cards in this Set
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What is critical reading also known as?
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Close reading
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Define critical reading.
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A thoughtful examination of a text with the intent of analyzing and evaluating it instead of merely reading it and accepting it as accurate or true.
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What is sampling?
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A fast, and not necessarily sequential, reading of a text such as reading the first sentence to get a feel for the territory it covers in general before delving into its specific arguments.
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What to effects can be brought about by sampling?
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1. Understanding the general climate of opinion surrounding the topic of the text.
2. Understanding the rhetorical context of the text (facts of the publisher, intended audience, setting in which argument took place, etc.) |
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What is rhetorical context?
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The knowledge of circumstances required to understand a text and therefore to respond to it well.
Ex: information about time and place in which it was written, about the author, who published it, and the ongoing debate to which it contributed. |
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What will familiarity with the climate of the text help in allowing you to understand?
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It allows you to recognize the author's biases and assumptions, spot gaps, or errors.
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What are external/internal clues?
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External information originates from the text as you read and reread it; secondarily, reading publisher's notes, publication information, etc.
Internal clues are from your own knowledge, your thoughts, your opinions, etc. |
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What 5 questions should be asked to determine rhetorical context?
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1. WHO wrote the argument, what is their occupation, affiliations, backgrounds, political leanings etc.
2. TO WHOM do you think the audience is writing? Publications are rarely directed to the "general public." 3. WHERE does the article appear? If reprinted, where? 4. WHEN was the argument written? What do you know of that time period? 5. WHY was the article written? What prompted its creation? What's its purpose? 3. |
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Who is the author of the example text "On Teenagers and Tattoos"?
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Associate professor of child psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, CT, Andres Martin, MD.
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What are four potentially challenging aspects of passages that can make understanding of the text difficult?
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1. Unfamiliar contexts: texts from a different culture, time period, or writing from specialized depts. that are highly esoteric.
2. Contrasting voices and views: stating viewpoints and perspectives that contradict the message in which they believe. 3. Allusions: oftentimes part of the audience may be unfamiliar and may not be able to relate. While it can effectively bond or relate, it can also similarly disengage. 4. Specialized vocabulary: jargon that belongs to a specific field and/or advanced vocabulary can make reading more difficult, but aids in learning seeing as you learn the words as you read through it. |
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What is a passive voice?
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A sentence where the "doer" or subject of the verb's action is either left out or moved to a position following the verb.
Ex: Congress was criticized by the President for delaying passage of the legislation. |
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What is an active voice?
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A statement that has the "doer" of the action as the subject of the sentence followed by the verb and the person or thing that receives the action.
Ex: The president (subject) criticized (verb) the Congress for delaying passage of legislation. |
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What is paraphrasing?
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Putting the author's ideas into your own words; defining the text into looser, more understandable terms.
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What is a thesis also known as?
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A claim.
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Define annotation.
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Simply means making a note or commenting (within the margins, in the text, etc.)
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What four things are integral to an argument?
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1. Claim
2. Reason 3. Example 4. Evidence |
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What 5 things can help you define the writing context?
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1. What's the purpose of the text?
2. Who is the intended audience? 3. What's the genre? Analysis? Report? 4. What is the author's stance? 5. How does the medium affect what it says? |
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Define fallacy
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Arguments that rely on faulty reasoning.
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