Lesson: Critical Reading - 03

Critical Reading Is A "Way Of Life"

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You see, graduate schools of all types — law, business, medical, and general — need to know whether their applicants are in the habit of thinking about what they read, as opposed to simply absorbing and memorizing text. And so, they set up standardized tests accordingly. They insist that every standardized test include passages and questions that will reward the active, critical reader who can read "between the lines."

That's why the person who reads prose critically — who paraphrases it, analyzes it, and distills it — is reading in a way that grad schools want. And hence, that person is improving his or her test score!


Most people don't read critically much — if at all.

Think about it. When was the last time you picked up a book or magazine and asked these kinds of questions?

  • "What's the main idea?"
  • "What's the purpose of paragraph 3?"
  • "How does the subsection on pages 40 - 41 relate to the author's overall purpose?"
  • "Why does the author quote Einstein in paragraph two?"

The answer, of course, is: NEVER. We only read in everyday life for two reasons:

  • to learn something
  • to be entertained

Neither of those purposes has anything to do with your taking a standardized test! Reading for neither of those reasons will turn into points.

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