Reading and Writing Flashcards
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This goes beyond extracting from a text; rather, it involves recognizing the writer’s purpose, identifying the toneand persuasive elements and recognizing biases.
Critical Reading
Six ways to evaluate a text
Thesis, Purpose, Structure, Intended audience, contexts, genre
This Establishes a framework for evaluating sources of information.
Guide Questions
Give three guide questions to analyze a text
1.) What is the writer’s perspective? Does he/she write from an outsider’s or insider’s perspective?
2.) What relevant information is excluded in the text?
3.) Do you agree with the writer?
Give three guide questions to analyze a text (different )
1.) How would you describe the tone of the writer?
2._) Does the text challenge your own values and beliefs?
3.) Does the text contain falacies
Refers to a work whose meaning is shaped by referencing or calling to mind other texts, literary influences, and sources.
Intertext
External links embedded in a text by the writer. With this, the reader can read a text in a non-linear way because they are led to other references.
Hypertext
Hyper or inter? Snow, Glass, Apples is a short story by Neil Gaiman. This piece tells the story of Snow White from the point of view of her stepmother, who was trying to save the kingdom from her bloodthirsty stepdaughter.
Intertext
Hyper or inter? Wicked by Gregory McGuire revolves around the story of Wicked Witch of the West from Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz and reimagines her as misunderstood protagonist, Elphaba.
Intertext
Hyper or inter? Fast City by Don Bosco is an interactive narrative which presents a set of conflicts and psychological landscapes placed within technology-obsessed urban space.
Hypertext
Is an argument about a quantifiable topic. It must be backed by sufficient, accurate and recent evidence.
Claim of fact
asserts a stand regarding a debatable topic.
Claim of fact
This type of claim states the main argument and defines vague and controversial terms. It is supported by factual information such as statistics, testimony, and observation.
Claim of fact
Argues whether something is good or bad. It is based on judgment and evaluation on a philosophical, aesthetic, or moral standpoint. However, note that it is not merely a statement of subjective judgment; a claim of value is also assessed based on accurate information.
Claim of value
Is an argument which asserts the implementation of a certain policy. This is driven by the need to present a solution to problems that have arisen; sometimes it is given as a response to claim of fact. It generally states the solutions and plans that are procedural and organized. A claim of policy also incorporates judgment coupled with supporting information.
Claim of Policy
-Statements formed as you reason out your own beliefs according to your own set of criteria through critical reading,
Evaluative Statements
-Involves the process of gathering valid proofs or evidence to defend your choice to believe or not to believe a claim presented in a text
Evaluative Statements
Steps to formulate an effective evaluative statements
Formulate assertions about the content and properties of a text read.
Formulate meaningful counterclaims in response to claims made in the text read.
are statements declared to express someone’s side or belief on a certain idea and are backed up by evidence to be more solid.
Assertions
may state truths or opinions and are typically made to express reader’s personal understanding of the text read.
Assertions
Difference between assertions and claims?
claim is what an author says about a certain topic and can be found in the text itself. Claims make up the majority of the meaning of the thesis and its supporting points.
(Ex: Mango is the best fruit as it contains large amounts of vitamins and nutrition.)
An assertion, on the other hand, is what you understand from the text.
(Ex: The author believes that mango is the best fruit, as seen in the thesis statement)
4 types of assertions
Fact
Convention
Opinion
Preference
a type of assertion that can easily be verified through various sources such as direct experience, testimonies of witnesses, verified observations, and results of research.
Fact
How is fact different from claims of fact?
Fcat can never be disproven while claim of fact can be disproven.
