Critical Reading Skills

Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Critical reading is just about extracting information from a text.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Critical reading involves recognizing the writer’s purpose.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Critical reading makes the reader recognize biases.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Critical reading is thinking critically when reading.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

The goal of critical reading is to develop independent conclusions from the text.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

In reading critically, the reader identifies the claims in the text only.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Context is defined as the social, cultural, political, historical and other related circumstances that surround the text.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

Context does not consider the time and place in which the text was written.

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Determine whether the statement is true or false.

A claim is explicit when it is stated directly while a claim is implicit when the claim is not directly stated but is actually implied by word/s in the text.

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