The handouts and worksheets listed and linked to here are intended to help students learn to read critically and thoughtfully. [If any content in the pages below goes against or does not fit with what your course instructor has assigned or denoted as required for the course essay assignment, please do not use that content and simply pull from the other areas which may be helpful for your writing assignment.]
For General Reading:
- What is Critical Reading?
- Two Modes of Reading
- Effective Reading: Taking Notes
- While You Read: Strategies for Close Reading
- Interpreting Texts Critically: Asking Questions
- Worksheet: Authority of the Writer
- Worksheet: Logic of the Writer's Argument
- Worksheet: Ways in Which the Writer Gets Your Interest
- Worksheet: Writer's Use of Language and Style
- Worksheet: Ideology That Informs the Text
- After Reading: Evaluating What You Have Read
- Examining Your Reactions After Reading: A Three-Part Exercise
- Stages Involved in Summary Writing
For Reading Literature:
Writer's Complex Copyright
The content in Writing Resources originally was created for the Writer's Complex website by Cathy Copley, Larry Greenberg, Elaine Handley, Susan Oaks and contributors. Copyright 1995-96, SUNY Empire State College.
Content currently available at:
ESC Online Writing Center. “Critical Reading and Writing.” Essay, SUNY Empire State
College, Web < https://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/critical-
reading-writing/>.
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