Chapter Four

In chapter four, the reading had started off with listing a few examples on what reading actively in tells. Reading actively means, skimming, reading for meaning, and rereading passages that leave you with questions.  Once questions come about, you are going to want to highlight and underline the text.  Taking notes will also give you a better understanding with what was just read.  Now reading with an attitude, is different.  When reading with an attitude, you'll want to ask questions, make inferences, and connections to other sources.  A great example of making connections with other sources is evaluating each one of your sources one by one.  It's wise to approach a source with a situation already set in your mind.  There are two forms of sources.  First would be your primary source which includes poems, essays, recordings, journals, autobiographies, interviews, speeches, letters, reports, photographs, etc.  Your second type of source would be secondary sources which comment on an event which then use primary sources as evidence majority of the time.  Identifying main sources is a big key when reading critically.  You'll then want to follow up with key points that make a main idea.  Authors very often use appeals to connect supporting evidence.  Appeals to authority which asks a reader to accept a reason.  Appeals to emotion which is used to form an argument.  Appeals to principles, values and beliefs.  Appeals to character which are sometimes referred to as the "trust me" strategy.  Then lastly, the appeals to logic which are often presented with propositions in hope of acceptance.  This reading gave an abundant amount of information as to how important reading critically is.