A Critical Eye

For my reading today I will be learning strategies for a reading with a critical eye. The book explains that reading textbooks with new vocabulary is hard and it can be difficult to pick out key concepts and understand the reading. I have felt like this a couple of times while reading texts in college. The book assures that the more you read these academic texts the easier it will become to understand them. They suggest getting a brief overview by skimming and then reading it again paying close attention to details. Something I use while reading to get the main points is annotating. All I do is highlight the parts I believe are important. Another tip I find useful is summarizing a text so I can understand what exactly the author is trying to get across. Check for fallacies because they often seem plausible, but have faulty reasoning. This is good advice when reading a persuasive essay.