This is the presentation that I gave with Jheel Mehta and Harshil Mehta for ENG-112 course. Here we have explained the entire Critical Reading and Critique chapter in a very visual form.

2. Critique and Critical Reading

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5. “ Critical reading requires discernment, sensitivity, imagination, knowledge of the subject, and above all, willingness to become involved in what you read.”

6. Not only what the text says…

7. … but how the text portrays the subject

8. Learning the facts Not critical reading

9. Appreciate an author’s perspective Critical Reading

10. Purpose

11. to inform to persuade to entertain

12. Overlap

18. Inform

19. Accuracy

20. Significance of information

22. Information overload

26. Fair interpretation of information

27. Persuade

28. Discipline 1: Clearly defined key words

29. Decent clothes…

30. flexible robust scalable world-class cutting-edge state-of-the-art market-leading mission-critical industry standard best of breed sustainable

31. Gobbledygook!!!

32. _____ will produce superior financial returns for shareowners by providing high value-added supply chain, transportation, business and related information services through focused operating companies. Customer requirements will be met in the highest quality manner appropriate to each market segment served. _____ will strive to develop mutually rewarding relationships with its employees, partners and suppliers. Safety will be the first consideration in all operations. Corporate activities will be conducted to the highest ethical and professional standards. Fedex Fedex

33. _____ will produce superior financial returns for shareowners by providing high value-added supply chain, transportation, business and related information services through focused operating companies. Customer requirements will be met in the highest quality manner appropriate to each market segment served. _____ will strive to develop mutually rewarding relationships with its employees, partners and suppliers. Safety will be the first consideration in all operations. Corporate activities will be conducted to the highest ethical and professional standards. Toyota Toyota

34. Hot and fresh pizzas in 30 minutes or less.

35. Discipline 2: Fair use of information

36. Favored evidence and contrary evidence

37. Discipline 3: Avoid logical fallacies

38. Using emotionally loaded words

39. Ad Hominem

40. Faulty cause and effect

41. Either / Or

42. Hasty generalization

45. False analogy X th  84% F.E  85% XII th  82%

46. Back to the question

47. Oversimplification

48. More reservations More development

49. Entertain

58. Agree or Disagree

59. Author’s conclusion Your assessment

60. Strongly Disagree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Agree Strongly Agree

61. Influence of author’s assumptions

62. Critique

63. Summary..??

64. A critique is a formalized, critical reading of a passage

66. Writing a critique

67. Introduction Summary Analysis of the work Your response Conclusion

68. In conclusion…

71. Jheel Harshil Hrishikesh

72. One last thing…