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Critical Reading Mid-Term 1
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English
11th Grade
10/13/2010

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What is thinking?
Definition

-Asking questions, reflection,

intuition-can't control

                   -not trust worthy

 

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Blocks to Crticial Thinking
Definition
-Block something impedes thinking frame of reference, cultural conditioning, Reliance on Authority, Hasty Moral Judgment, Black and white thinking, labelling made a seperation ignored individual differences, resistance to change,
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Defintions
Definition

-To keep subject focus on the topic stipulation, negation

-Make a meaning clear, of an ambigous term

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Maslow's heirarchy of needs
Definition

*Self-actualization:fulfillment

*Growth Needs:Being Values

Esteem Needs:

Belongingness & Love Needs

Basic Safety and Security Needs

Physiological Needs

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Argument
Definition
-Support your position on an issue, intend to convince, has 2 sides
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Intuition
Definition

-Cannot control

-Not Trustworthy

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Consensus
Definition
-Majority rules, choose large group of people
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Implicit
Definition
-Hinted, suggested implied
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Explicit
Definition
-Clearly Stated
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Claim
Definition
-support, evidence, what I have to go on.  Warrant underlies the claim
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Claim of Fact
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-Asserts that a condition existed past, exists now, or will exist future.

-Supported by verifiable evidence

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Claim of Value
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-Judgement, good-bad morality, beautiful/ugly aesthetics
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Claim of Policy
Definition

-Includes facts values offers a solution,

1. Identify a solution

2. Evaluate it

3. Solution fix the situation

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Support/Grounds
Definition

1. Up to date-still in use

2. Relevant-it fits

3. Good authority, in that field reputable source

4. Reprsentative- Typical use of what is typical of what you don't use

 

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Statistics
Definition
-Information expressed in numbers
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Modivational Appeal
Definition
-Something that modivates can be sympathy, moves you to act
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Judgment
Definition
-Create definitions, definitions influence judgments
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Ethos
Definition
-Ethics, character, goodwill
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Abstract
Definition
-Considered apart from concrete existence
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Concrete
Definition
-Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance: particular
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Subjective
Definition
-You, your friends, classmates and instructors
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Objective
Definition

-Is non judgmental

-Is based on facts which can be verified

-Presents results of original research

-Presents analysis of facts from all sides of an issue

-Attempts to be unbiased

-May present an analysis of the facts from only one side of an issue

-May present the views of a group or organization

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Morality
Definition
-Value, evaluate as good or bad
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Aestehtics
Definition
-Beautiful ugly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Qualifier
Definition
-Limits the claim or warrant.  Limits what your trying to prove
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Refutation
Definition
-Creates doubt, to not accept that part, similar to a rebuttle
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Emphatic Position
Definition
-"emphasis" the ending, that's what the audience leaves with
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Annotations
Definition

-Structural:objective how it is organized, claim, tone

-Personal:your interpretation

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Stipulation
Definition
-Choice, what def. you want to use, focus
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Negation
Definition
-Process of elimination always put the positive
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Warrant
Definition

-guarantees connection between claim & support

-assumption that underlies the claim

-unstated or stated: general statement

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Reservation
Definition

-What doubts do I still have?

-What are some exceptions?

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Backing
Definition
-What authority stands behind the warrant?
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