Chapter Outline and Learning Objectives

3. Chapter Outline and Learning Objectives In this chapter you will learn to: • Become a critical reader • Look with a critical eye • Read actively • Recognize fallacies • Respond as a reader • Move from reading to invention

4. Become a critical reader • Where did it come from? • What does it say? • Can you trust the writer? • How does it work?

5. Become a critical reader (cont.)

6. Critical reading involves all of the following EXCEPT: • Knowing where a text came from • Figuring out what a text says • Automatically trusting the writer of a text • Understanding how a text works

7. Critical reading involves all of the following EXCEPT: • Knowing where a text came from • Figuring out what a text says • Automatically trusting the writer of a text • Understanding how a text works LO 1: Become a critical reader

8. Look with a critical eye • What kind of image or visual is it? • Who created this image? • What is it about? What is portrayed in the image? • Where did it first appear? Where do you usually find images like this one? • When did it appear?

9. Look with a critical eye cont.

10. Analyzing visual images involves: • Knowing where the text came from • Knowing when the text first appeared • Knowing the intended audience of the text • All of the above

11. Analyzing visual images involves: • Knowing where the text came from • Knowing when the text first appeared • Knowing the intended audience of the text • All of the above LO 2: Look with a critical eye

12. Read actively • Annotate • Map

13. Reading actively assumes that: • A single pass through a text is sufficient • Reading is a complex task that requires time • Reading and writing are unrelated • You don’t want to sell your textbook back at the end of the semester

14. Reading actively assumes that: • A single pass through a text is sufficient • Reading is a complex task that requires time • Reading and writing are unrelated • You don’t want to sell your textbook back at the end of the semester LO 3: Read actively

15. Recognize fallacies Fallacies of logic • Begging the question • Either-or • False analogies • Hasty generalization • Non sequitur • Oversimplification • Post hoc fallacy • Rationalization • Slippery slope

16. Recognize fallacies cont. Fallacies of emotion and language • Bandwagon appeals • Name calling • Polarization • Straw man

17. The following is an example of which type of fallacy: Feminists are all man-haters. • Polarization • Straw man • Slippery slope • Oversimplification

18. The following is an example of which type of fallacy: Feminists are all man-haters. • Polarization • Straw man • Slippery slope • Oversimplification LO 4: Recognize fallacies

19. Respond as a reader • Make notes • Write summaries • Build on what you read

20. Move from reading to invention Prepare to join the scholarly conversation • Brainstorm • Narrow down and select • Research

21. When one joins the scholarly conversation • Reading always comes first • Writing always comes first • Researching always comes first • Reading, writing, and researching support each other in whatever order makes sense

22. When one joins the scholarly conversation • Reading always comes first • Writing always comes first • Researching always comes first • Reading, writing, and researching support each other in whatever order makes sense LO 5: Respond as a reader LO 6: Move from reading to invention