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Reading for Information
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Terms Readers Should Know
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Critical readers consider
All of these
The questions they generate
Other possible points of view
What an author may have left out of the article
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Readers must consider the source (speaker) of the quotes an author includes in a news article
True: only sources from famous people matter
False: A good journalist doesn't use quotes from others
False: quotes do not impact the reader
True: maybe the source is unreliable
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opinion piece; writer expresses opinions about an issue & uses facts to support those opinions
interview
informational news
author's purpose
editorial
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responses to discount a claim
setting
ideas
facts
counterarguments
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Reason author wrote piece; four categories: inform, persuade, entertain, express feeling
providing evidence
subjective
entertainer's plan
author's purpose
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In an editorial:
The author is wanting to inform
it's likely the title is the claim
the claim must be factual
the facts are supported with opinions
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The central idea of an article:
is the lesson or moral of the story
is the same as textual evidence
is the same as the reader's opinion "I like this article"
Is the author's general message of the article
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When an author represents facts without personal feelings or opinions he/she is being:
subjective
entertain
editorial
objective
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annotating helps readers: (how?)
all of these are true
interact & personalize the reading
review the reading without rereading all again
prove that they understand what they read
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describes writing that is based on or influenced by personal feelings & opinions
tone
mood
bias
subjective
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the attitude the author has towards the subject/topic
opinion
tone
fact
Text structure
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"Reading critically" means:
You find problems and dislike everything you read
You evaluate material rather than just believe all you read
You have a negative attitude towards the topic
You believe what you read; it's NEWS after all!
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the perspective of the author
mood
point of view
evidence
objective
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the feeling a reader gains after reading a piece
opinion
mood
tone
claim
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Critical readers do this:
Believe what they read if the words are big
Forget about all they know about this topic
think about what they already know about this topic
try to memorize facts in articles
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A statement that can be proved
claim
central idea
fact
persuade
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when an author shows that he/she favors one side more than the other
point of view
central idea
author's purpose
bias
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When we evaluate the strength of an argument, this one does NOT matter:
Is the evidence reliable?
do I like the topic and the evidence?
Is there enough evidence?
Is this evidence relevant?
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Critical readers:
check that claims are backed by important facts
don't bother to read the title
feel convinced by a claim if the author uses an angry tone
need reasons are numbered
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statement of belief or feeling
evidence
opinion
objective
inform
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Good readers:
Just read the first sentence of every paragraph
read fast, one and done
look to be surprised by what they read; they get involved
try to memorize the facts of pieces
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examples that support the main idea
tone
evidence or reasons
point of view
bias
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If an author fails to represent all information equally
the article is worthless
he/she is subjective
he/she shows bias
The result is an editorial
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The point the author is trying to make to reader; some texts have more than one
objective
topic sentence
author's structure
central idea
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the writer's position/opinion
author's evidence
fact
textual evidence
claim
